0RL 00000nz 22000003 45 001 cni00059602 035 $zcni00057612 100 $a20150408xmuly50 ba 110 $a0 210 1$aRitchie$bPatrick$cUK$5NLS-SBTI 290 $aEdin Dir 290 $aPigot 1837 300 1$8eng$aA 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. 340 11$8eng$a1828-1892$xa1828a1892 350 1$0acti$8eng$acopying and printing press maker 350 1$0acti$8eng$aand projecting letter manufacturers$z1830-1833 410 01$aPatrick Ritchie$z1834-1847$0varn 510 1$0ex:hasRelatedEntity$aG. & P. Ritchie$rpatent press and machine makers$z1828-1829$8eng$n36 Nicolson Street, **Edinburgh$9sbti:add record link 510 1$0ex:hasRelatedEntity$aBeevers & Kay$e(successors to Patrick Ritchie)$z1892$8eng$nSwinton Row, **Edinburgh$9sbti:add record link 515 1$0actv$aEdinburgh$3cnl00026636 515 1$0actv$aEdinburgh$d56 Nicolson Street$z1830-1833$3cnl00026636 515 1$0actv$aEdinburgh$d*56 Nicolson Street$z1834-1847$3cnl00026636 515 1$0actv$aEdinburgh$dOakfield 102 Pleasance$z1848-1891$3cnl00026636 801 $aUK$bNLS-SBTI$c20080207 830 $aSBTI original entry: RITCHIE, Patrick Edinburgh 830 $aWarning: the SBTI information was converted from unstructured format by automation. The assignment of data elements is to be regarded with caution. 856 $nhttp://www.nls.uk/$uhttp://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index$8eng$zScottish Book Trade Index online (list) 998 $a20150408$b17:24:03