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lis metal type in Strasburg in 1440. Printing spread rapidly, aringing books within reach of many who previously could not afford them. Type was still being set by hand in the 18th century, but hundred of inventors sought ways af speeding the process. The Chadwick Typesetter, developed around 1775, mechanically assembled type for printing, but it was too awkward. Possibly the most elaborate typesetting device of all was the Pianotype, used in Paris in 1840. It required a crew of seven men.
As one man punched a keyboard to set the type, another spaced out the lines of type and two more operated the apparatus that distributed the type. Two others kept the machine supplied with type, while one man turned a hand crank to keep the contraption running. Inventions Unhinged Examiner
At least 125 inventors sought patents for mechanical methods of typesetting in the United States. A contemporary observer reported that “the patent examiners sat for years over the drawings, so that
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