Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 462
yhold that every task of the human hand, however delicate OTTMAR MERGENTHALER 399 and difficult, may be committed to quicker and strongerfingers of steel arid 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…
Inventors
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
