The practice of typography; a treatise on the processes of type-making, the point system, the names, sizes, styles and prices of plain printing types (1899)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 31
Barth, who was granted a patent Jan-uary 24, 1888, for a complete type- ^he completecasting machine. He claims that this machine ofmachine produces one half more than ^^^^^ Earththe older machines; that it does its work withmore accuracy, and that it permits the use of aharder quality of metal. Its… … The Barth complete type-casting machine. are fixed upright and made immovable; the otherhalf of the mould rapidly slides to and fro onbroad bearings, releasing the type that has beenfounded and closing again before the hot metal isinjected for a new type. It breaks off the jet,ploughs a groove…
Printing · Typography
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