A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature; Ancient and Modern |
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... hand has to traverse over the case in the course of one day , much less a week , it would make this comparative ... hand boxes of the upper case ; this , of course , will depend upon the nature of the work which may be in hand . UPPER ...
... hand has to traverse over the case in the course of one day , much less a week , it would make this comparative ... hand boxes of the upper case ; this , of course , will depend upon the nature of the work which may be in hand . UPPER ...
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... hand of the compositor . Each sort of letter has a larger or smaller box allotted to it according as it is known to be more or less frequently wanted in the language for which it is intended . Thus the e has the largest box ; the a , c ...
... hand of the compositor . Each sort of letter has a larger or smaller box allotted to it according as it is known to be more or less frequently wanted in the language for which it is intended . Thus the e has the largest box ; the a , c ...
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... hand in front of the rule ; he then presses the middle fingers against the sides of the lines , and his thumbs behind the first line , raising the whole out of the composing stick at once , disengaging the thumbs as he places the lines ...
... hand in front of the rule ; he then presses the middle fingers against the sides of the lines , and his thumbs behind the first line , raising the whole out of the composing stick at once , disengaging the thumbs as he places the lines ...
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... hands of a pressman . It would therefore be generous in gentlemen to examine the circumstances that may have occasioned ... hand tight on the corner , to prevent the page from being drawn aside when the cord is strained . Care should be ...
... hands of a pressman . It would therefore be generous in gentlemen to examine the circumstances that may have occasioned ... hand tight on the corner , to prevent the page from being drawn aside when the cord is strained . Care should be ...
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... hands of a pressman . It would therefore be generous in gentlemen to examine the circumstances that may have occasioned ... hand tight on the corner , to prevent the page from being drawn aside when the cord is strained . Care should be ...
... hands of a pressman . It would therefore be generous in gentlemen to examine the circumstances that may have occasioned ... hand tight on the corner , to prevent the page from being drawn aside when the cord is strained . Care should be ...
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