Illustration depicting a Linotype Machine, a composing machine, a "line casting" machine used in printing. The average rate was 4,000 characters per hour, but with a skilled operator this could rise to 7,500. Dated 19th century

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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