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OBJECT TYPE: LINECASTER/SINGLE DIST/3 MAG
DATE: 1911
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0504.001

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: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ LEATHER BELT

Dimensions

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

Length: 158.0 cm
Width: 153.0 cm
Height: 224.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 1315.0
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: PLATE 'LINOTYPE/ MODEL 8 NO 28884/ MANUFACTUREDBY/ MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A./ ORIGINATORS AND IMPROVERS OF THE LINOTYPE', 'MANUFACTURED BY/ MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO. NEW YORK, U.S.A.'/ CAST IN 'CLEAN SPACES/ TWICE DAILY', 'SHUT/ OFF/ BEFORE/ OPENING/ VISE'/ COMPONENTS INCLUDE: 'AUTOMATIC/ QUADDING/ ATTACHMENT/ FOR LINOTYPE AND INTERTYPE MACHINES/ LINOTYPEPARTS COMPANY/ PAT. NO. 2 372 407/ OTHERS PENDING/ SERIAL NO. E-452'/ TWO MARKED 'MICRO-THERM/ CRUCIBLE CONTROL', SERIAL NOS. (RESPECTIVELY) 13684, D10664/ 'MADE FOR/ MERGENTHALER/ LINOTYPE CO./ NEW YORK U.S.A./ EMERSON MOTOR/... 1/3 H.P.'
Missing: From CA of 01/24/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: BLACK, WITH SILVER & BRASS-COLOURED WORKING PTS, WHITE, BLACK & BLUE KEYS
Decoration: N/A

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Mergenthaler Linotype Co., Typesetter, after 1911, Artifact no. 1980.0504, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0504.001/

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