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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
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1893, 19th, archival, archive, casting, century, characters, compose, composing, historical, history, illustrated, illustration, line, linotype, machine, operator, print, printed, printing, technology