A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature; Ancient and ModernH. Johnson, 1839 - 996 sider |
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Side 16
... expense of casting , or the trouble of cutting . Having taken notice of the state of the copy , and received proper directions , the compositor begins work ; and here his attention is particularly called to those rules by which he may ...
... expense of casting , or the trouble of cutting . Having taken notice of the state of the copy , and received proper directions , the compositor begins work ; and here his attention is particularly called to those rules by which he may ...
Side 60
... expense of the sorts required would be less than the injury done to his type . Reglets , of the same body with the letter of the work , are sometimes used , instead of quadrats , for white lines ; but , from being often wetted , are apt ...
... expense of the sorts required would be less than the injury done to his type . Reglets , of the same body with the letter of the work , are sometimes used , instead of quadrats , for white lines ; but , from being often wetted , are apt ...
Side 64
... expense . Mr. Moxon gives the following particulars respecting the quantity of each sort of metal he made use of in his composition for type . " For 28 lbs . of [ type ] metal , it required 25 lbs . of lead , mixed with 3 lbs . of iron ...
... expense . Mr. Moxon gives the following particulars respecting the quantity of each sort of metal he made use of in his composition for type . " For 28 lbs . of [ type ] metal , it required 25 lbs . of lead , mixed with 3 lbs . of iron ...
Side 65
... expense is incurred , but a delay occasioned to the work from the time it necessarily takes to cast imperfections . Recourse is too often had to borrowing , and thus do founts of different offices , and of different faces become mixt ...
... expense is incurred , but a delay occasioned to the work from the time it necessarily takes to cast imperfections . Recourse is too often had to borrowing , and thus do founts of different offices , and of different faces become mixt ...
Side 81
... expense of side and foot sticks ( which for such a purpose must have been made of iron ) , by forming a chase having two sides of irregular angles , the other two being at right angles , so placing only a reglet for the quoins to run ...
... expense of side and foot sticks ( which for such a purpose must have been made of iron ) , by forming a chase having two sides of irregular angles , the other two being at right angles , so placing only a reglet for the quoins to run ...
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