Coal Power

Date: 3/15/2017

I was walking down a winter road and was passed by a steam powered sled that looked to have been made in the 1800s. Upon further inspection of the sled I saw that inside it was a desk. now I am in a workshop in the 1800s and the desk itself is coal powered and functions as a printing and embossing machine. a single sheet of paper is placed on the desk and by pressing a foot pedal under the desk steam begins to hiss and the page is pressed by a large mechanical arm. I note to myself that this is exerting almost 4 tons of pressure on the page. Once done the page has no writing on it but does have a beautiful raised texture.