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TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES—PART VIII, NO. 55
TYPE AND PRESSES IN AMERICA
A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TYPE CASTING AND PRESS BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES
BY
FREDERICK W. HAMILTON, LL.D.
EDUCATION DIRECTOR
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
1918
Copyright, 1918
United Typothetae of America
Chicago, Ill.
Composition and electrotypes contributed by
Poole Bros.
Chicago
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 5 |
| Chapter I | |
| The Pioneer Type Founders | 8 |
| Chapter II | |
| The Establishment of Type Founding | 14 |
| Chapter III | |
| Composing and Type-Casting Machines | 29 |
| Chapter IV | |
| Electrotyping | 32 |
| Chapter V | |
| The Development of the Printing Press | 34 |
5
INTRODUCTION
A study of type founding and of the developmentof presses and other printers’ machinery inAmerica presents many interesting considerations.If the attempt were made to give in detail the storyof American type founding and the accomplishmentsof the notabl
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