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Patent Model of a Typesetting for Stereotype Plates
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetter for stereotype plates which was granted patent number 52073. The invention included the use of a "perpetual font of type" for impressing letters into a plastic molding material. Type was stored in a permanent holder, each piece tied by a thin strip of metal. At the touch of a key, type fell to casting position, the faces protruding below the holder. After casting, the type was returned to the storage cell.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Typesetting for Stereotype Plates. ca 1866. Paulding, John. National Museum of American History. CC0.
