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Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
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Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine

Dickinson, Charles W. · ca 1876 · metal (overall material)

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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine; the invention was granted patent number 174901. The patent details a keyboard-operated typesetting machine that set type in a line and then broke the line into column lengths. Patentee Charles Dickinson was at some time a partner in the development of the Burr-Empire line of typesetting machines.

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PatentsComposing MachineComposingType-SettingModelsWork and Industry: Graphic Arts
Credit linePatent Model of a Typesetting Machine. ca 1876. Dickinson, Charles W.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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