Typesetter
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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
More Information
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
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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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