Edward L. Megill was the son of John Warden and Elizabeth (Mowlem) Megill. He was the inventor of the Megill gauge pin that is still in use (2020) on the platen printing press. 150 years later his gauge pins are still in use. He held patents for over 50 inventions in the United States, Canada, England and Germany. The following was reported in the publication "New York's Great Industries", 1885, page 184.
"Edward L. Megill, Inventor, Patentee and Manufacturer, No. 60 Duane Street---A manufacturer who possesses the inventive faculty himself, and can perfect his own inventions with the aid of ample capital, has a large field for the exercise of his talents in New York. Such a one is the subject of this notice. Mr. Edward L. Megill, the well-known patentee and sole manufacturer of apparatus for feeding and registering sheets, &c, on platen job presses and other specialties. Mr. Megill has been at this location for the last two years. He established the business in Fulton street in 1870, and during the years he was met with gratifying success, extending his trade in all directions as he introduced the several specialties which bear his name. These comprise wire gauge pins, brass gauge pins, adjustable steel gauge pins, spring tongue gauge pins, extension feed guides, lighting sheet adjusters, radiating sheet supporters, parallel feed guides and generally apparatus for feeding and registering sheets on platen job printing presses. In addition to the above, he is also the inventor and patentee of several other useful machine for other purposes, which are in use in all parts of the country. The whole of the second floor at No. 60 Duane street, 22x60 feet, is given up to the manufacture of these articles, Mr. Megill, confining himself exclusively to those of his own inventive skill. As a matter of course he has attained great celebrity as a patentee, his inventions being highly useful in the trade and found in every large printing establishment in the country. Mr. Megill is a most diligent business man, devoting himself entirely to his own immediate affairs. His skill, energy and general capacity have made him a noted man, and given him a standing in the business and social world which is a flattering testimony to his personal worth".
"Edward L. Megill, Inventor, Patentee and Manufacturer, No. 60 Duane Street---A manufacturer who possesses the inventive faculty himself, and can perfect his own inventions with the aid of ample capital, has a large field for the exercise of his talents in New York. Such a one is the subject of this notice. Mr. Edward L. Megill, the well-known patentee and sole manufacturer of apparatus for feeding and registering sheets, &c, on platen job presses and other specialties. Mr. Megill has been at this location for the last two years. He established the business in Fulton street in 1870, and during the years he was met with gratifying success, extending his trade in all directions as he introduced the several specialties which bear his name. These comprise wire gauge pins, brass gauge pins, adjustable steel gauge pins, spring tongue gauge pins, extension feed guides, lighting sheet adjusters, radiating sheet supporters, parallel feed guides and generally apparatus for feeding and registering sheets on platen job printing presses. In addition to the above, he is also the inventor and patentee of several other useful machine for other purposes, which are in use in all parts of the country. The whole of the second floor at No. 60 Duane street, 22x60 feet, is given up to the manufacture of these articles, Mr. Megill, confining himself exclusively to those of his own inventive skill. As a matter of course he has attained great celebrity as a patentee, his inventions being highly useful in the trade and found in every large printing establishment in the country. Mr. Megill is a most diligent business man, devoting himself entirely to his own immediate affairs. His skill, energy and general capacity have made him a noted man, and given him a standing in the business and social world which is a flattering testimony to his personal worth".
Edward L. Megill was the son of John Warden and Elizabeth (Mowlem) Megill. He was the inventor of the Megill gauge pin that is still in use (2020) on the platen printing press. 150 years later his gauge pins are still in use. He held patents for over 50 inventions in the United States, Canada, England and Germany. The following was reported in the publication "New York's Great Industries", 1885, page 184.
"Edward L. Megill, Inventor, Patentee and Manufacturer, No. 60 Duane Street---A manufacturer who possesses the inventive faculty himself, and can perfect his own inventions with the aid of ample capital, has a large field for the exercise of his talents in New York. Such a one is the subject of this notice. Mr. Edward L. Megill, the well-known patentee and sole manufacturer of apparatus for feeding and registering sheets, &c, on platen job presses and other specialties. Mr. Megill has been at this location for the last two years. He established the business in Fulton street in 1870, and during the years he was met with gratifying success, extending his trade in all directions as he introduced the several specialties which bear his name. These comprise wire gauge pins, brass gauge pins, adjustable steel gauge pins, spring tongue gauge pins, extension feed guides, lighting sheet adjusters, radiating sheet supporters, parallel feed guides and generally apparatus for feeding and registering sheets on platen job printing presses. In addition to the above, he is also the inventor and patentee of several other useful machine for other purposes, which are in use in all parts of the country. The whole of the second floor at No. 60 Duane street, 22x60 feet, is given up to the manufacture of these articles, Mr. Megill, confining himself exclusively to those of his own inventive skill. As a matter of course he has attained great celebrity as a patentee, his inventions being highly useful in the trade and found in every large printing establishment in the country. Mr. Megill is a most diligent business man, devoting himself entirely to his own immediate affairs. His skill, energy and general capacity have made him a noted man, and given him a standing in the business and social world which is a flattering testimony to his personal worth".
"Edward L. Megill, Inventor, Patentee and Manufacturer, No. 60 Duane Street---A manufacturer who possesses the inventive faculty himself, and can perfect his own inventions with the aid of ample capital, has a large field for the exercise of his talents in New York. Such a one is the subject of this notice. Mr. Edward L. Megill, the well-known patentee and sole manufacturer of apparatus for feeding and registering sheets, &c, on platen job presses and other specialties. Mr. Megill has been at this location for the last two years. He established the business in Fulton street in 1870, and during the years he was met with gratifying success, extending his trade in all directions as he introduced the several specialties which bear his name. These comprise wire gauge pins, brass gauge pins, adjustable steel gauge pins, spring tongue gauge pins, extension feed guides, lighting sheet adjusters, radiating sheet supporters, parallel feed guides and generally apparatus for feeding and registering sheets on platen job printing presses. In addition to the above, he is also the inventor and patentee of several other useful machine for other purposes, which are in use in all parts of the country. The whole of the second floor at No. 60 Duane street, 22x60 feet, is given up to the manufacture of these articles, Mr. Megill, confining himself exclusively to those of his own inventive skill. As a matter of course he has attained great celebrity as a patentee, his inventions being highly useful in the trade and found in every large printing establishment in the country. Mr. Megill is a most diligent business man, devoting himself entirely to his own immediate affairs. His skill, energy and general capacity have made him a noted man, and given him a standing in the business and social world which is a flattering testimony to his personal worth".
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