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Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
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About this work
This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to typesetting machines, specifically in the control of type traveling from storage channels to assembly point. The invention was granted patent number 244723. Both Patentees Lorenz and Johnson had a financial interest in the Burr typesetting machine (see Lorenz's earlier patents).
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Credit linePatent Model of a Typesetting Machine. ca 1881. Lorenz, William A.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
