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R. Hoe & Company was a New York City based printing press manufacturer established by Peter Smith, Matthew Smith (?–1822), and their brother-in-law, English emigrant Robert Hoe (1784–1833), in 1805 as Smith, Hoe & Company. ==Early years== The company initially specialized in the manufacture of wooden hand printing presses, but later added saw-making.〔 In 1819 the company expanded to printing presses. Peter Smith's iron Acorn press was announced to the trade in 1822.〔Comparato, Frank E., ''Chronicle of Genius and Folly: R. Hoe & Company and the Printing Press as a Service to Democracy,'' Labyrinthos, Culver City, CA, 1979, p. 32.〕 A replica of the Acorn press used to print the First Edition of the Book of Mormon in 1829 is on display at Brigham Young University–Idaho.〔Special Collections, Iron Acorn Press, Brigham Young University. http://www.byui.edu/special-collections/exhibits/iron-acorn-press〕 After Smith’s death, Hoe and his sons renamed the company and worked on improving existing machinery.〔 In 1827 Hoe bought and improved a patent on wrought iron framed presses initially owned by Samuel Rust.〔 After their father’s death, sons Richard and Robert Hoe (?–September 23, 1909) took control of the company and continued to innovate the printing process.〔 The company developed a mechanical sheet delivery system, invented and patented〔RICHARD M. HOE, (IMPROVEMENT IN ROTARY PRINTING-PRESSES )〕 the rotary printing press, and developed the first type revolving presses.〔 R. Hoe & Company helped facilitate the rapid and inexpensive production of newspapers.〔 Their 1855 lithographic presses, in dimensions of 19x24 inches to 38x48 inches, sold for $165–375.〔 A six-cylinder model was able to produce 166,000 16-page newspapers per hour.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「R. Hoe & Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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