PRESS

, in Mechanics, is a machine made of iron or wood, serving to compress or squeeze any body very close, by means of screws.

The common Presses consist of six members, or pieces; viz, two flat and smooth planks; between which the things to be pressed are laid; two screws, or worms, fastened to the lower plank, and passing through two holes in the upper; and two nuts, serving to drive the upper plank, which is moveable, against the lower, which is stable, and without motion.

PRESSION. See Pressure.