He referred to this printer as a "Cyclostyle". In 1891, David Gestetner patented his Automatic Cyclostyle. The first publication in Elkhorn was a handwritten news bulletin reproduced on cyclostyle. The Cyclostyle duplicating process is a form of stencil copying. Other methods of copying included cyclostyle, spirit duplicator, photocopying, and xerography. A comparable structure is the "monopteros", or "cyclostyle" which, however, lacks a "naos". The cyclostyle was a more automated type of mimeograph machine that produced reproductions faster.