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Linotype machine

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Noun1.Linotype machineLinotype machine - a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal
Linotype
typesetting machine - a printer that sets textual material in type
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product


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Publishing took a giant leap forward in the 15th century when Gutenberg invented moveable type and produced his Bible, and from then until Ottmar Mergenthaler invented a linotype machine in 1886 much was unchanged.
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This is a family-owned business, like many others in NEPA, and we grew up stuffing envelopes, folding letters, and even running a linotype machine.
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The introduction of the high-speed rotary press, the Linotype machine and the telegraph expanded the English vocabulary even further.
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