The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Hoe, Richard Marsh
HOE, Richard Marsh, American inventor:
b. New York, 12 Sept. 1812; d. Florence, Italy,
7 June 1886. He was the son of Robert Hoe
(q.v.). In 1846 with his brother Peter S.
he perfected a rotary printing-press which was
called “Hoe's lightning press.” Subsequently

the two brothers invented the Hoe web-perfecting
press, which superseded the rotary press
and prints upon both sides of the sheet, and
includes apparatus for folding and cutting.
This was especially adapted to newspaper printing
and made a revolution in that art. The
sons of Richard M. Hoe and of Peter S. Hoe
conducted the business after the death of the
brothers, and added various improvements to
the original Hoe printing-press. See .