Augustus Applegath

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Often appears mis-spelt as Augustus Applegarth

Augustus Applegath (1788-1871) was the inventor of the vertical printing-press.

He was born in Stepney but carried out most of his work in the Dartford and Crayford areas of Kent. Inventions included methods of silk printing, a new method of printing banknotes and the printing machines on which The Times Newspaper was printed in the mid nineteenth century - the 'Four-Feeder' printed 5000 copies of the paper per hour, and from 1848 the rotary eight-feeder printed 8000 copies per hour.

[edit] External links

• Dartford Archive biography of Applegath
• Image and commentary on the Eight-Feeder Printing Press