Linotype
device · 1884 · Electric age
A line-casting typesetting machine (Mergenthaler).
Inventor: Ottmar Mergenthaler.
What it is made of
- Keyboard — has part. A keyboard.
Principles and materials it uses
- Casting — uses. It casts a line of type in metal.
- Cast iron — is made of. The bed is cast iron.
- Tin — uses. A line is cast from type metal (lead, tin, antimony).
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Movable type — evolved from. Mechanized typesetting.