sing-stick is necessarily small, other¬ wise it would be unhandy ; it will hold but a few lines of type. What is to be done when it is full ? Lay it aside and take another? This would lead to great confusion, so a better plan is adopted. The types composed, or “set,”1 in the stick are lifted out… … COMPOSING-STICK. Imposing Surface - As stickful after stickful of composed type or “ matter ” 2 is added to the galley, the latter gets full, and galley succeeds galley in due rotation. The “ matter ” has then to be divided into portions and made up into “pages.” These portions or “pages” are slid…
Printing · Color printing
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