hydraulic press
A STANDING PRESS
operated by hydraulic power instead of by hand.
Such presses came into use in the first half of
the 19th century, and were the principal means of
pressing edition and library bindings until the
introduction of the casing-in and building-in
machines. See also:BUILDING-IN MACHINE ;
CASING-IN MACHINE
; REMOVABLE PRESS .
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