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Mechanic

October 21, 2011, 09:57:47 PM
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The above sketch is of the Young and Delcambre Composing Machine of 1840.
There is more information on this machine in Dave's " A History of Mechanical Type Composition"
http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story40.shtml
George Finn (Mechanic)
Gold Coast
Queensland
AUSTRALIA
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