The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Fig. 8.—Nick System of Distribution (Simplex Machine). Fig. 9.—Diagram of Linotype Machine,Ottmar Mergcnthaler, of Baltimore, though two of its elements—the solid bar of type and the wedge space—were invented by others,the former by T. W. Smith, of the Caslon Foundry, and the latterby Jacob W. Schuckers, of Washington. The following will give ageneral idea of its working: In the magazine A (fig. 9) are a seriesof matrices, formed with the characters in intaglio on one edgC,which are discharged by

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The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Fig. 8.—Nick System of Distribution (Simplex Machine). Fig. 9.—Diagram of Linotype Machine,Ottmar Mergcnthaler, of Baltimore, though two of its elements—the solid bar of type and the wedge space—were invented by others,the former by T. W. Smith, of the Caslon Foundry, and the latterby Jacob W. Schuckers, of Washington. The following will give ageneral idea of its working: In the magazine A (fig. 9) are a seriesof matrices, formed with the characters in intaglio on one edgC,which are discharged by gates, operated from the keyboard D intothe chutes E, and thence upon the travelling belt F; this deliversthem upon a revolving pusher wheel by which they are set up inproper order in the assembler block G. Above the assembler blockIS a space magazine, and from this the space key J releases a spacebar, when desired, which drops into place in the line. As thematrices are forced into the assembler block they move to the leftagainst the resistance of a sliding abutment, thus being held c

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