EditorialA mural in Piketon, Ohio on May 3, 2023, celebrates Piketon’s gaseous diffusion plant, long ago shuttered, and its role in the local economy. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialA mural in Piketon, Ohio on May 3, 2023, celebrates Piketon’s gaseous diffusion plant, long ago shuttered, and its role in the local economy. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialA mural in Piketon, Ohio on May 3, 2023, celebrates Piketon’s gaseous diffusion plant, long ago shuttered, and its role in the local economy. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialA mural in Piketon, Ohio on May 3, 2023, celebrates Piketon’s gaseous diffusion plant, long ago shuttered, and its role in the local economy. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialCompositor setting type in printing frames and cases, 19th century. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialAn empty waiting room at the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan on March 18, 2021, after the halting of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times)
EditorialWillem Jansen Blaew's new-fashioned printing press commonly used in Europe in the early 19th century. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialAncient view of a Dutch printing office. A master printer directs compositors, printing press operators and an old proof reader. Copied from a 16th century design by Johannes Stradanus or Jan Van der Straet. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine,...
EditorialThe first iron printing press invented by Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialItaly: Revolted at the San Vittore prison, held on the roof to protest the new ordinances and prohibitions imposed to contain the spread of the Coronavirus
EditorialYoung women stacking paper cut on Edward Cowper's paper-cutting machine. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialCompositor setting type in printing frames and cases, 19th century. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialStereotype foundry: workers making casts of complete typeset pages. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialBook-binder's rolling machine. The sheets of paper that make up the book are squeezed and rolled into a solid bookblock. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialPaper-making by hand at Hollingworth's Turkey Mill, Maidstone. Workers making sheets of rag paper and drying them. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialWorkers in a type foundry. Breaker-off boy removing superfluous metal, rubber polishing type on a grindstone, and a man setting finished type in a press. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialMachine to make rag-paper at Magnay's Albury Mill, Guildford. Scraps of boiled rag are agitated in a large vat before being bleached and washed and formed into pulp for the paper machine. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Dif...
EditorialAugustus Applegath and Edward Cowper's printing machine. A boy inserts sheets of paper into the four-roller, 16-wheel printing machine capable of printing 5,000 sheets double-sided. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion...
EditorialAncient view of a Dutch printing office. A master printer directs compositors, printing press operators and an old proof reader. Copied from a 16th century design by Johannes Stradanus or Jan Van der Straet. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine,...
EditorialYoung women stacking paper cut on Edward Cowper's paper-cutting machine. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialCompositor setting type in printing frames and cases, 19th century. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialStereotype foundry: workers making casts of complete typeset pages. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialBook-binder's rolling machine. The sheets of paper that make up the book are squeezed and rolled into a solid bookblock. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialPaper-making by hand at Hollingworth's Turkey Mill, Maidstone. Workers making sheets of rag paper and drying them. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.
EditorialWorkers in a type foundry. Breaker-off boy removing superfluous metal, rubber polishing type on a grindstone, and a man setting finished type in a press. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.