Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 468
yhold that every task of the human hand, however delicate OTTMAR MERGENTHALER 399 and difficult, may be committed to quicker and strongerfingers of steel and brass ? John Gutenberg, before he invented movable types, was acutter of gems and a framer of mirrors. In these handi-crafts he came to a… … Mold Wheel and Melting Pot the art of Gutenberg, never learned the compositors trade.It was as a watchmaker that he came to precision in meas-urement, to the utmost nicety in tempering a spring, or inblending the ingredients of an alloy. As a lad he wastrained to cut teeth and pinions with…
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