A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature; Ancient and Modern |
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... persons in pamphlets and public papers , the asterisk is of great service ; for it is but putting the first letter of a person's name , with some asterisks after it , and is frequently used by those who wish to characterize , and even ...
... persons in pamphlets and public papers , the asterisk is of great service ; for it is but putting the first letter of a person's name , with some asterisks after it , and is frequently used by those who wish to characterize , and even ...
Page 69
... person , though not a compositor , to detect those Lior deviations from correctness , which the inexperienced and careless are apt to over- look . But while these habits are acquiring , without which no person can be safely entrusted to ...
... person , though not a compositor , to detect those Lior deviations from correctness , which the inexperienced and careless are apt to over- look . But while these habits are acquiring , without which no person can be safely entrusted to ...
Page 85
... person engaged expressly for the purpose , as is the case in houses employing ten or fourteen presses , ) go regularly round , about every quarter of an bour , to the different presses , and examine their work , point out defects , if ...
... person engaged expressly for the purpose , as is the case in houses employing ten or fourteen presses , ) go regularly round , about every quarter of an bour , to the different presses , and examine their work , point out defects , if ...
Page 86
... person to take a candlestick , bodkin , snuffers , composing - stick , & c . not his own , without permission of the owner . 17. No person to misplace cases in the rack , or take an upper without the lower case , or vice versa . 18. Pie ...
... person to take a candlestick , bodkin , snuffers , composing - stick , & c . not his own , without permission of the owner . 17. No person to misplace cases in the rack , or take an upper without the lower case , or vice versa . 18. Pie ...
Page 91
... person of the name of Golding , who continued to manufacture them for some time . He then invented another press , and soon afterwards died , when his widow disposed of the patent to Mr. Cogger , who entered into partnership with a Mr ...
... person of the name of Golding , who continued to manufacture them for some time . He then invented another press , and soon afterwards died , when his widow disposed of the patent to Mr. Cogger , who entered into partnership with a Mr ...
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