Thomas Bell (5)
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Thomas Bell of Walton-Le-Dale, Preston
Cylinder printing discovered by a Scotchman of the name of Bell
1783 Thomas Bell of Mosney invented his “new and peculiar” method of printing up to six colours at a time, with copper plates, patented in 1783. Further improvements were made to Thomas Bell’s idea, leading John Slater, a calico printer of Mosney, to patent a press “for printing 1-2-3 or more colours on cotton etc” just two years later in 1785.[1]
c.1785 Textile printing process using copper rollers, introduced in Britain by Thomas Bell
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