19th Century Lithography Champenois
The printing process involved huge amounts of pressure at 400psi pressing ink into paper from etched designs in slabs of stone.
Does anyone know if there are still Printing Premises that do this?
To visit as a tourist - i find the engineering process fascinating converting steam power / using cogs to create high torque and press ink onto materials. They had very heavy materials and had to incorporate steam powered engines to move huge cogs to create the movement of the press with the right pressure . At the turn of the 19th century its bewildering to think of the engineering thought processing needed to produce these prints at the time.
Historically i find this an important time as after these techniques were diminished more machines replaced jobs which is what we are seeing now with of the uprise of AI and robot workshops/warehouses.
If anyone has any links to Books/Content regarding this subject I would love to learn more.