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OBJECT TYPE: LINECASTER/SINGLE DIST/1 MAG
DATE: 1906
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0461.001

MANUFACTURER: Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
MODEL: LINOTYPE 5
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 8541
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ LEATHER & SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 160.0 cm
Width: 161.0 cm
Height: 180.0 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: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: AS DIRECTED BY A MANUALLY OPERATED KEYBOARD, THE MACHINE AUTOMATICALLYASSEMBLES INDIVIDUAL MATRICES, CASTS A SOLID LINE OF TYPE FROM THEM & RE-DISTRIBUTES THE MATRICES
Technical: ORIGINAL LINOTYPE REVOLUTIONIZED PRINTING INDUSTRY BY DRAMATICALLY INCREASING SPEED AT WHICH TYPE COULD BE SET/ MODEL 5 MAGAZINES REMOVABLE FROM FRONT, WAS 1ST MACHINE THAT COULD BE BACKED AGAINST WALL OR OTHER MACHINE TO SAVE SPACE/ HAS FEATURES TO ADAPT IT TO COMPOSITION OF LARGER FACES & WIDERMEASURES FOR BOOK WORK
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATES 'MANUFACTURED BY/ MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A.', 'LINOTYPE/ MODEL 5 NO. 8541/ MANUFACTURED BY/ MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A./ ORIGINATOR AND IMPROVERS/ OF THE LINOTYPE'/ DIST. PLATE 'THIS MACHINE/ SUPPLIED BY/ CANADIAN/ LINOTYPE/ LIMITED/ TORONTO/ NO. 8541'/ COMPONENT PLATES INCL. 'LINOTYPE ELECTRIC POT/ MADE BY/ MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A./ SERIAL D19836 WATTS 1500/ VOLTS 200 250 CYCLES 60/ CUTLER-HAMMER ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT/ PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906...SEPT. 2, 1919'/ 2ND LINOTYPE POT HAS SAME MARK. EXCEPT 'SERIAL D 1983 6'/ STICKER 'CANADIAN LINOTYPE COMPA [TORN]/ '829 OXFORD ST, TORONTO, ONTARIO/...VANCOUVER/ CALGARY/ EDMONTON WI[?]/[L]ONDON OTTAWA MONTREAL'
Missing: From CA of 01/12/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: BLACK, DULL SILVER-COLOURED HARDWARE
Decoration: N/A

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Mergenthaler Linotype Co., Typesetter, after 1906, Artifact no. 1975.0461, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0461.001/

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