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Leading American inventors (1912)

Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 482

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They came half an hour too soon, so that theinventor, in their presence, deftly gave his cams and moldstheir finishing touches. At last all was completed, and Ott-mar Mergenthaler stood before his keyboard as calm andcollected as at any time for eight years past. He com-posed a line on the keys,… … LiNOTYiE. FiRsr Band Machine of 1883 OTTMAR MERGENTHALER 413 steam power be connected. This was clone. He composeda second line, removed the stopper from the metal pump,and touched the line key. Smoothly and silently the matricesslid into their places, were clamped and aligned, and thepump…

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