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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
More Information
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.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- 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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