The Linotype Machine | 1886 AD

Who is credited with the invention of the typewriter? 
Christopher Sholes.

What is a "stenographer"?
Someone who writes in shorthand.
Post an example of Shole's typewriter.
Why did Sholes send a prototype of his typewriter to Clephane?
Clephane was a stenographer who desperately needed one, who else to test the new machine?

After the typewriter began production, why did Clephane pursue another machine?
It took too long to typeset and copy the words.

Who spent a year redesigning Clephane's typesetting machine?
Otto Mergenthalar.

What is meant by "typesetting"?
Arrange type or generate the type for printing.
Post an example of Linotype Machine.
How does the Linotype Machine differ from the typewriter?
It produces an entire line at once.

How did this machine change the newspaper industry?
It made operators set type for more pages on a daily business.
Post an example of a Linotype keyboard.
How did the keyboard of the Linotype Machine differ from keyboards that we use today?
You press SHIFT on today's keys, the Linotype had upper and lower case seperate. Also, the letters are arranged differently.
Post an example of a Linotype slug.
What is a slug?
An assembled line of text placed into a mold for typing.
Post an example of a person operating a Linotype Machine.
Why is the Linotype Machine the greatest advanced in printing since movable type?It was mechanically set and it could place one line of metal at once.

Shole's Typewriter

Linotype Machine

Linotype Keyboard

Linotype Slug