On April 19th, 1866, Alfred Holt, a Liverpudlian engineer who had apprenticed on the Liverpool & Manchester railroad before taking up steamship design in the 1850s, launched a singular ship that he dubbed the Agamemnon. As the third soon of a prosperous banker, cotton broker, and insurer, he had access to far more personal capital…
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The article from Carver, outlines the history of the very first press they made - the Carver Model C. The article provides a brief history of hydraulics and the evolution of the press.