Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 488
asy and accurate working. But his board of directorsdecided that the Tribune model was good enough, and en-joined him from modifying its design, for the present atleast. Indeed, the Board went the length of ordering himto manufacture a second lot of one hundred machines, mak-ing a total of two… … Linotype. First Machine with Independent or Free Matrices OF 1885 OTTMAR MERGENTHALER 421 this Tribune machine marked a winning-post, which it wasidle to overpass. With undisguised reluctance Mergenthaler proceeded toexecute the behest of his directors. The plant in CamdenStreet was enlarged, and…
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