History of composing machines; a complete record of the art of composing type by machinery ... also lists of patents on composing machines, American and British, chronologically arranged (1904)
Thompson, John S. (John Smith), 1872- · Chicago, Inland Printer Co · leaf 121
improvement over the previous style, and with the exception of its square, massive base, weighted justification levers, and other minor details, re¬ sembled the present form of Linotype. Hundreds of machines of this pattern were constructed, and found … SQUARE-BASE LINOTYPE - 1890. ready sale. Factories were established in Toronto, Canada ; Manchester, England ; and Berlin, Germany, the American factory being removed from Baltimore to Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Mergenthaier’s active 103
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