COLLECTION NAME:
CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_csc018_mergantha_20.jpg
Identifier:
cc_csc018_mergantha_20.jpg
Title:
Ottmar Mergenthaler and the Linotype
Creator:
Thom, Robert A., 1915-1979
Subject:
Mergenthaler, Ottmar, 1854-1899
Subject:
Printing - Technological innovations
Subject:
Typesetting machines - History
Subject:
Newspaper publishing
Summary:
On July 3, 1886 Ottmar Mergenthaler, an immigrant watchmaker from Wurttemberg, Germany demonstrated to the New York Tribune a machine which was regarded as one of the 10 greatest inventions of all time: the Linotype. Type for nearly every newspaper in the world and most books in the United States was composed by Mergenthaler's machine. His basic innovation was that of circulating matrices, pieces of brass punched with letters, figures and punctuation marks. When an operator tapped the Linotype's keys, the pieces were brought together into a line, automatically spaced, for faces which made a cast impression in type. The matrices were then automatically returned to the machine for future use.
Publisher:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Date of Original:
1966 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2002-04-08
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
oil paintings
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
oil on canvas
Dimensions of Original:
68.58 x 88.9 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
csc018
Library Collection:
Graphic Communications Through the Ages
Digital Project:
2019_0037_kimberlyclark
Rights:
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