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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Nathan Babcock (1824 - 1902), went into business with Calvert Cottrell in 1855, forming Cottrell and Babcock, manufacturing all types of machinery. In 1861 they started making printing presses and by 1868 that was their exclusive business. However, in 1880 Cottrell bought him out. Two years later, he started manufacturing his own line of presses under the name Babcock Printing Press Manufacturing Company, of New London, Connecticut. This company was still operating in the mid 1930's.
A point of interest concerning the bed motion . . . the pinion gear (or bed motion gear) was driven by a drive shaft with a large universal joint which allowed the gear to alternately rise and engage the upper rack and then drop to engage the lower rack directly underneath. Surprisingly, this was the same basic principle that Frederick Koenig used on his first cylinder press in 1811.
Details courtesy of Harold Sterne
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