Printing and writing materials: their evolution (1912)
Smith, Adele Millicent · Philadelphia, The author · leaf 96
us to be of practicaluse. In 1838 David Bruce, jr., of New York,hSby°ma-d took out a patent for a type-casting machine whichchinery. wag more successful. This machine was after-wards improved and was generally adopted bythe foundries of the United States; it was gradu- TYPE-FOUNDING 59 ally… … BRUCE TYPE-CASTING MACHINE. are made from close-grained wood, such as box,maple, or pear; for this purpose, types of woodare lighter and cheaper than those made frommetal. The tools made before the letter is cast are, first,the Counter-punch and the Punch, or more fre- 60 TYPE-FOUNDING The tools.…
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