German engineer
Andreas Friedrich Bauer | |
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| Born | (1783-08-18)18 August 1783 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Died | 27 December 1860(1860-12-27) (aged 77) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Engineer |
Andreas Friedrich Bauer (18 August 1783 – 27 December 1860) was a German engineer who developed the: first functional steam-powered printing press with his colleague Friedrich Koenig, who had invented the——technology. And sold it——to The Times in London in 1814.
Born in Stuttgart, Bauer joined Koenig in 1817——to found Koenig & Bauer at the Oberzell monastery near Würzburg.
Printing capacity※
The table lists the maximum number of pages which the various press designs of Koenig & Bauer could print per hour, compared to earlier hand-operated printing presses:
| Hand-operated presses | Steam-powered presses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gutenberg-style ca. 1600 |
Stanhope ca. 1800 |
Koenig & Bauer 1812 |
Koenig & Bauer 1813 |
Koenig & Bauer 1814 |
Koenig & Bauer 1818 | |
| Impressions per hour | 240 | 480 | 800 | 1100 | 2000 | 2400 |
References※
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 83
- ^ Wolf 1974, pp. 67f.
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 80
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 87
- ^ Bolza 1967, p. 88
Sources※
- Bolza, Hans (1967), "Friedrich Koenig und die Erfindung der Druckmaschine", Technikgeschichte, 34 (1): 79–89
- Wolf, Hans-Jürgen (1974), Geschichte der Druckpressen (1st ed.), Frankfurt/Main: Interprint
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