---
_id: cni00059602
data:
  actDates:
    - end: 1892
      lang: eng
      start: 1828
      text: 1828-1892
  actNote:
    - intro: acti
      lang: eng
      text: copying and printing press maker
    - end: 1833
      intro: acti
      lang: eng
      start: 1830
      text: and projecting letter manufacturers
  extResource:
    - display: http://www.nls.uk/
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)
      url: http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index
  external:
    - auth: NLS-SBTI
      country: UK
      date: 20080207
  foundIn:
    - Edin Dir
    - Pigot 1837
  generalNote:
    - lang: eng
      text: "A printing press, which belongs to Mr Harry Macintosh of Speedspools, 7 Gayfield Place Lane Edinburgh, has a platen size of 20 x 27 inches, and is unlike anything in Moran, or elsewhere in the literature. The staple is heavy and of a rounded square shape, in cast iron with decorative thistles, and the words 'PATRICK RITCHIE / EDINBURGH' in raised letters at the top. These are gilded. A cross member is cast across the staple to take the bar. The platen is held suspended by two leaf springs below the bar, fastened through the staple and impression is made by a knuckle joint which is straightened by means of a bar and a number of levers, resembling those of a Columbian. The impression is adjusted by means of a wheel on top of the press working through the staple. There is nothing remarkable about the rounce or the bed of the press, and the legs are sturdy but quite unornamented. The firm is quite distinct from that of Ritchie & Sons, pressmakers, Edinburgh, who are listed under Robert Ritchie & Sons. 'Patrick Ritchie has testimonials from gentlemen and houses of the first respectability, giving his Patent Presses for Printing, Copying, Lithography, Stamping, &c. a decided preference to any other in use. Improved Tuscan and Straw Hat Pressing Machines. Projecting letters for Warehouses, Shops, &c., in Metal or Wood...' Advertisement in “Edin Dir” 1835."
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Ritchie
        - firstname: Patrick
      usedBy:
        - NLS-SBTI
  name:
    - end: 1847
      part:
        - entry: Patrick Ritchie
      start: 1834
      typeOfName: varn
  place:
    - id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
      typeOfPlace: actv
    - end: 1833
      id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
        - address: 56 Nicolson Street
      start: 1830
      typeOfPlace: actv
    - end: 1847
      id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
        - address: '*56 Nicolson Street'
      start: 1834
      typeOfPlace: actv
    - end: 1891
      id: cnl00026636
      part:
        - name: Edinburgh
        - address: Oakfield 102 Pleasance
      start: 1848
      typeOfPlace: actv
  previousId:
    - cni00057612
  related:
    - end: 1829
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: '36 Nicolson Street, **Edinburgh'
      part:
        - entry: G. & P. Ritchie
        - addition: patent press and machine makers
      start: 1828
      tmp: sbti:add record link
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
    - note:
        - lang: eng
          text: 'Swinton Row, **Edinburgh'
      part:
        - entry: Beevers & Kay
        - nonsort: (successors to Patrick Ritchie)
      start: 1892
      tmp: sbti:add record link
      typeOfEntity: cni
      typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2015-04-08T17:24:03Z
  remark:
    - 'SBTI original entry: RITCHIE, Patrick <copying and printing press maker> Edinburgh'
    - 'Warning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution.'
  status: n