Minerva in english
Minerva
pronunciation: mənɜrvə part of speech: noun
pronunciation: mənɜrvə part of speech: noun
In gestures
minerva = platen jobber ; platen ; platen machine ; flat-platen machine.
Example: The platen jobber was a simple machine for dealing with the minor jobs such as billheads and cards for which the hand-press was too slow and the full-sized printing machine too large to be economic.Example: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Example: Finally, most of the platen machines were themselves replaced during the 1860s and 1870s by cylinder machines.Example: Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812 = Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812.more:
» minerva doble = double platen machine [En imprenta, máquina de impresión de tamaño reducido en la que la presión se ejerce entre un órgano de presión plano y un portaforma también plano] .
Example: Indeed, the Clarendon Press kept a Napier double platen machine at work until 1950 for the sake of its gentleness with the delicate kerns of Fell italic.