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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1911
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0504.004

MANUFACTURER: Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
MODEL: LINOTYPE 8
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 28884
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Brass

Dimensions

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

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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: USED UNTIL 1980
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: INTRODUCTION OF THE LINOTYPE, 1886, REVOLUTIONIZED THE PRINTING INDUSTRY BY DRAMATICALLY INCREASING SPEED AT WHICH TYPE COULD BE SET & SO THE SPEED OF THE WHOLE PRINTING PROCESS/ MODEL 8 WAS FIRST 3 MAGAZINE LINOTYPE/ INCLUDED AUTOMATIC FOUNT DISTINGUISHER - PREVENTED MATRICES ENTERING WRONG MAGAZINE IN DISTRIBUTION
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Each matrix has a letter, a number or a special character.
Missing: From CA of 01/24/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: Collection of brass matrixes which have not been catalogued separately.
Decoration: N/A

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