Linotype
['laɪnə,taɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal.
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Definition
n. a machine for producing stereotyped lines or bars of words &c. as a substitute for type-setting: a line of printing-type cast in one piece.
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Examples
- There are now in use in America something over 5,000 Linotype machines; and in other countries about 2,000, making 7,000 in all. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Linotype (a line of type) was pronounced by the _London Engineering_ as the most remarkable machine of this century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The linotype machine has added greatly to the rapidity of this centuries-old process. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Mergenthaler Linotype machine sets and casts type in the form of solid lines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- One of the best modern illustrations of human thought and complicated manual operations contained in automatic machinery is the _Linotype_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was the Mergenthaler Linotype machine, which automatically formed its own type by casting a whole line of it at a time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the composing rooms of the daily newspapers and the larger book printing offices we find great rows of these Linotype machines, each doing the work of from four to five men. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mergenthaler’s first Linotype Printing Machine invented. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the printing trade, electrically heated linotype melting pots are being introduced successfully, while glue-pots and sealing-wax melters can be seen in binderies and banking institutions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Operated by a single person, the Mergenthaler produces and assembles linotypes ready for the press or stereotyping table at the rate of from 3,600 to 7,000 ems (type characters) per hour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the Boston Library, which keeps its catalogues printed up to within 24 hours of date, the Linotypes print in 23 languages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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