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OBJECT TYPE: LINECASTER/MULTI-DIST
DATE: 1936
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0067.001

MANUFACTURER: Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
MODEL: LINOTYPE 30
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 63151
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ LEATHER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 203.0 cm
Width: 144.0 cm
Height: 223.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Typesetting
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Mergenthaler
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1940-1974
Canada: Unknown
Function: AS DIRECTED BY MANUALLY OPERATED KEYBOARD, THE MACHINE AUTOMATICALLY ASSEMBLES INDIVIDUAL MATRICES, CASTS A SOLID LINE OF TYPE FROM THEM, & RE-DISTRIBUTES THE MATRICES
Technical: THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL LINOTYPE IN 1886 REVOLUTIONIZED THE PRINTING INDUSTRY BY DRAMATICALLY INCREASING THE SPEED AT WHICH TYPE COULD BE SET, & SO THE SPEED OF THE PRINTING PROCESS AS A WHOLE/ THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE SUBSEQUENT EXPANSION OF THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATES 'TRADE/ MARK LINOTYPE/ MADE/ IN/ U.S.A.', 'LINOTYPE/ MODEL 30 NO.63151/ MANUFACTURED BY/ MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A./ORIGINATORS AND IMPROVERS/ OF THE LINOTYPE', 'MOLD/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4', 'CLEAN/ SPACEBANDS/ TWICE DAILY'/ DIST. PLATE 'THIS MACHINE/ SUPPLIED BY/ CANADIAN/ LINOTYPE/ LIMITED/ TORONTO/ NO. 63151'/ COMP. PLATES INCL. 'MICRO-THERM ELECTRIC POT/ CSA APP.4137 MADE BY/ MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A.RELAY/ SERIAL 39089 WATTS 1800/ VOLTS 100-125 CYCLES AC TYPE E', 'MICRO THERM/ CRUCIBLE CONTROL/ SERIAL C7189/ WATTS 1750 CYCLES 50 60/ VOLTS 100-125 TYPE C3/MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO.*
Missing: From CA of 01/16/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: BLACK, SILVER-COLOURED HARDWARE', BLACK, CREAM & BLUE KEYS
Decoration: N/A

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Mergenthaler Linotype Co., Typesetter, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1975.0067, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0067.001/

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