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s3p 14 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The “mechanical miracle” that ruined Mark Twain’s ...

I wish the article talked more about how the machine actually worked. It seemed pretty simplistic and glossed over most of the details, but now I'm really curious and want answers lol.

WillAdams 14 days ago | [–]

Maybe: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmark...

To see a typecaster which works find a Linotype or Monotype.

wvenable 14 days ago | [–]

As linked in the article, you could read the patent application:

https://circuitousroot.com/artifice/letters/press/noncastcom...

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