Christopher Sholes
What is a "stenographer"?someone skilled in the transcription of speech
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
So he could test it and see if it was good
After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
Wat sholes made only solved one of hiis problems
Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Ottmar Mergenthaler
What is meant by "typesetting"?Arrange or generate the type for (a piece of text to be printed).
Post an example of Linotype Machine.
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
It allowed type to be set mechanicly rather than by hand
How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
Newspapers had up to 8 more pages
Post an example of a Linotype keyboard.
How did the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from keyboards that we use today?
The letters were up and were a bit harder to push down
Post an example of a Linotype slug.
What is a slug?
assembled line of type is then cast as a single peice called a slug
Post an example of a person operating a Linotype Machine.
Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?
by 1904 there were 10,000 linotypes in use, by 1954 there were over 100,000
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