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 62
of iron entirely, and e is the original form ofshooting stick, made of boxwood only. This last is the bestfor locking-up on the old imposing surfaces made of stone,as metal tips are liable to chip the surface, but on iron surfacesthe gun-metal tips would have no effect. The one lettered dis a very… … Fig. 37. pages of type in imposing, and are made both in cast and inwrought iron. Though dearer in the first place, the latter aremuch to be preferred, as the cast ones are likely to get crackedor broken in usage if not handled with care, and, further, arenot always true, thus making the register…
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