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    19 January 2026

    • curprev 21:5621:56, 19 January 2026Wtrettien talk contribs 5,629 bytes +5,629 Created page with "Romano, Frank. ''Machine Writing and Typesetting: The story of Sholes and Mergenthaler and the invention of the typewriter and the linotype.'' GAMA, 1986. Sholes, printer and owner of newspapers “It was usual for newspapers to conduct a job printing department for additional income and, one year, the compositors on Sholes’ newspaper went on strike. This so angered Sholes that he gave serious thought to typesetting by machine. Being a tinkerer at heart, he built m..."