He saw it
turning out the impressions with unusual speed and great
regularity. This was the very machine of which he had been in
search. But it turned out the impressions printed on one side
only. Koenig, however, having briefly explained the more rapid
action of a double machine on the same principle for the printing
of newspapers, Mr. Walter, after a few minutes' consideration,
and before leaving the premises, ordered two double machines for
the printing of The Times newspaper. Here, at last, was the
opportunity for a triumphant issue out of Koenig's difficulties.
The construction of the first newspaper machine was still,
however, a work of great difficulty and labour. It must be
remembered that nothing of the kind had yet been made by any
other inventor. The single-cylinder machine, which Mr. Walter
had seen at work, was intended for bookwork only. Now Koenig had
to construct a double-cylinder machine for printing newspapers,
in which many of the arrangements must necessarily be entirely
new. With the assistance of his leading mechanic, Bauer, aided
by the valuable suggestions of Mr. Walter himself, Koenig at
length completed his plans, and proceeded with the erection of
the working machine. The several parts were prepared at the
workshop in Whitecross Street, and taken from thence, in as
secret a way as possible, to the premises in Printing House
Square, adjoining The Times office, where they were fitted
together and erected into a working machine.
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