Linotype Manual Giving Detailed Instructions of the Proper Adjustment and Care of the Linotype

Part 3

Chapter 3682 wordsPublic domain

Character. No. of Size of Size of Size of Size of Ear Channel. Channel. Verge. Pawl. of Matrix. ----------------------------------------------------------------- e 1 50 60 40 e 2 50 75 60 40 t 3 50 45 45 40 a 4 60 70 60 50 o 5 50 65 55 40 i 6 40 40 35 33 n 7 60 75 70 50 s 8 50 60 50 40 h 9 60 70 70 50 r 10 50 60 50 40 d 11 60 70 70 50 l 12 40 40 35 33 u 13 70 75 70 60 c 14 60 65 60 50 m 15 90 105 100 80 f 16 50 75 55 40 w 17 90 90 90 80 y 18 60 70 70 50 p 19 60 70 70 50 v 20 60 70 70 50 b 21 60 70 70 50 g 22 60 70 70 50 k 23 70 90 75 60 q 24 60 70 70 50 j 25 40 50 50 23 x 26 70 90 75 60 z 27 50 60 60 40 fi 28 60 70 70 50 fl 29 60 75 70 50 ff 30 70 95 85 60 ffi 31 90 105 105 80 ffl 32 90 105 105 80 em 33 90 140 140 80 , 34 40 40 35 33 . 35 40 40 35 33 : 36 50 70 65 40 ; 37 50 75 65 40 ? 38 60 70 70 50 Fig 39 60 125 70 50 ( 40 40 55 45 33 | 41 40 90 90 33 ‘ 42 40 45 35 33 ! 43 50 65 65 40 - 44 40 50 45 33 Thin 45 40 40 35 33 ) 46 40 40 40 33 . 47 60 60 60 50 ’ 48 40 35 35 33 * 49 60 55 55 50 1 50 60 70 70 50 2 51 60 70 70 50 3 52 60 70 70 50 4 53 60 70 70 50 5 54 60 70 70 50 6 55 60 70 70 50 7 56 60 70 70 50 8 57 60 70 70 50 9 58 60 70 70 50 0 59 60 70 70 50 $ 60 60 70 70 50 ‥ 61 100 100 95 90 E 62 90 95 95 80 T 63 80 100 95 70 A 64 90 100 100 80 O 65 80 100 100 70 I 66 60 55 55 50 N 67 90 100 100 80 S 68 70 75 75 60 H 69 100 110 110 90 R 70 90 95 95 80 D 71 90 105 105 80 L 72 80 85 85 70 U 73 90 105 105 80 C 74 70 75 75 60 M 75 100 110 110 90 F 76 80 95 95 70 W 77 110 145 145 100 Y 78 90 100 100 80 P 79 80 85 85 70 V 80 90 105 105 80 B 81 80 95 95 70 G 82 80 105 105 70 K 83 90 110 110 80 Q 84 80 95 95 70 J 85 60 75 70 50 X 86 90 110 110 80 Z 87 70 95 95 60 @ 88 90 85 85 80 ℔ 89 90 85 85 80 & £ 90 60 85 85 50 — 91 90 125 125 80 Pi 92 100

All figures, except in numbers of channels, in thousandths of inches.

*Channel No. 39 takes .125 verge and .70 pawl.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

Page 28, “metalic” changed to “metallic” (“its reduction to the metallic”). Page 42, “partion” changed to “partition” (“the right hand partition for”). Page 60, “sprin” changed to “spring” (“keyboard keybar spring F”). Page 60, “apiece” changed to “a piece” (“soldering a piece on the bottom”). Page 70, “groves” changed to “grooves” (“or the small grooves which”). Page 79, title “Keyboards.” added.

Figures 12 and 13, and 29 and 30 appear in an inverse order in the original. This has been preserved.

On page 78, some characters may not render correctly with some machine/format combinations.

Original images of this book can be found here: https://archive.org/details/McCallLinotypeManual1898