Manufacturer; born in New York City, Sept. 12, 1812; son of Robert Hoe, an ingenious mechanic, born in
Leicestershire, England, in 1784; and died in
Westchester county, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1833.
He was a builder and arrived in New York in 1803, when he relinquished his trade and began the manufacture of printing-materials and of a hand-press invented by his brother-in-law,
Peter Smith.
Making great improvements in
printing-presses, his business increased, but, his health failing, in 1832 his eldest son, Richard, took charge of the business, with two partners.
Meanwhile Richard had made material improvements in the manufacture of saws, and the production of these implements became an important part of their business.
In 1837 Richard went to
England to obtain a patent for an improved method of grinding saws.
His observation of
printing-presses in use there enabled him to make very great improvements in printing-machines.
He patented his “lightning press,” so called
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because of the rapidity of its motions, in 1847.
For many years Richard carried on the manufacture of printing, hydraulic, and other presses, with his two brothers, Robert and Peter, the senior partner adding from time to time, by his inventive genius, great improvements, especially in the construction of power-presses, for rapid and excellent printing.
Richard M. Hoe died suddenly in
Florence, Italy, June 7, 1886.
