Isaac Adams

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Contents 1 Biographical Information 2 His Life 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Biographical Information

Isaac Adams (August 16, 1802-July 19, 1883) was an inventor. He was born in Rochester, New Hampshire to Benjamin Adams and Elizabeth Horne Adams in 1802.

[edit] His Life

He invented the Adams Power Press in 1827 with help from Everett James Ellis. The duo's machine "worked a revolution in the art of printing," and beginning in 1836, became the leading machine used in book binding for the rest of the century. He also formed the company I. & S. Adams in 1836. He died in 1883.

[edit] External links

• Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889
• Information and Picture of Adams Power Press Patent

[edit] References

• Isaac Adams Power Printing Press
• Relief Printing
• Speculative Activities of the American Emigrant Aid Company