Printing; a practical treatise on the art of typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books; (1890)
Jacobi, Charles Thomas, 1853-1933 · London : G. Bell and sons · leaf 51
Fig. lb. in use. Fig. 20 is a mahogany stick lined with metal, usuallybrass, and fig. 21 is a long wooden stick for broadside orposter work. … Fi- 19. In connection with the composing stick we have thesetting rule, fig. 22, which is placed within the stick for thetype to lie against as it is being set. It is generally madeof four-to-pica brass rule with a knib or nose-piece at end, to COMPOSING STICKS. 31 allow of its being more readily…
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