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OBJECT TYPE: LINECASTER/MULTI-DIST/4 MAG
DATE: 1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0516.001

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

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General Information

Serial #: 71698
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ RUBBER

Dimensions

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

Length: 183.0 cm
Width: 148.0 cm
Height: 217.0 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: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: AS DIRECTED BY A MANUALLY OPERATED KEYBOARD, OR POTENTIALLY BY A PERFORATED PAPER TAPE, THE MACHINE AUTOMATICALLY ASSEMBLES INDIVIDUAL MATRICES, CASTS A SOLID LINE OF TYPE FROM THEM, AND RE-DISTRIBUTES THE MATRICES
Technical: ORIGINAL LINOTYPE REVOLUTIONIZED PRINTING INDUSTRY BY DRAMATICALLY INCREASING SPEED AT WHICH TYPE COULD BE SET/ ELEKTRON CLAIMED AS WORLD'S FASTEST LINOTYPE WHEN DEVELOPED, CASTING 15 LINES A MINUTE/ IT ALLOWED FULL AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF ALL MACHINE FUNCTIONS BY TAPE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATES 'LINOTYPEELEKTRON MIXER', 'LINOTYPE/ ELEKTRON 71698/ Model Number/ Manufactured by/ Mergenthaler Linotype Company/ New York, USA'/ OTHER PLATES 'CANADIAN GOVERNMENT/ PRINTING BUREAU/ EQUIP. NO. 36001/ DO NOT REMOVE'/ '[ILLEGIBLE] ELECTRIC POT/ MADE BY/ [ILLEGIBLE] THALER LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A.' [OTHER MKGS MOSTLY ILLEGIBLE]
Missing: From CA of 01/17/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: PAINTED BLUE WITH BLACK & SILVER WORKING PTS & HARDWARE
Decoration: N/A

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Mergenthaler Linotype Co., Typesetter, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1977.0516, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0516.001/

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