A one-page dictionary entry on the steam-press from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, describing a press whose platen is driven directly or indirectly by steam power. It explains a steam and hydraulic baling press (Fig. 5712) with its cylinders, rams, cross-head, platen and valves, and how the working cycle compresses and releases bales. It is an engraved machinery illustration with explanatory text and has no weaving content.