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Mergenthaler patent of 1884
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linotype
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Linotype or eutectic alloy is a broad name applied to five categories of lead alloys used in manufacture of type , each with three to five sub-classifications. One alloy is composed of lead with 4% tin and 12% antimony.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1886, American English, trademark name (Mergenthaler Linotype Co.), from line o' type , for a composing machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899) in widespread use in newspaper production early 20c.
Usage examples of linotype.
Two large ancient-looking presses stood against the far wall, a smaller handpress on a table near the door, and, nearer the door, was a vast, complicated machine from another century, which I thought was probably a Linotype.
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom had not only been given the trappings of a marbled slipcase, leather binding, and beautiful endpapers, it had been printed like the King James Bible itself, on Bible paper, set in double columns of linotype.
From my overcoat--to the oldest linotype in the composing room--to the copies of the Banner on newsstands--to this penthouse--to my wife.
I told you I did anything -- use a stick or linotype, run a job press, make cuts, write copy -- anything.
A linotype machinist by trade, he was born in Wakita, Oklahoma, attended Clarendon College and the University of Oklahoma, and worked as a printer, editor and newspaperman in several western cities.