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Show DISPLAY TYPE FACES CAST OX SLUGS 11Y MACHINE Ono of tho important Improve-M ments effected In tho printing Indus-try Indus-try of lato has been tho Invention of a machine for casting display composition com-position on slugs. Somo of tho advantages ad-vantages aro that cost Is reduced, an unlimited supply of clean, now typo furnished for every piece of work, and tlmo and floor spaco materially saved. Furthermore, expensive foundry typetls conserved, and without with-out reducing .the quality of tho work. Tho matrices which aro used aro set by hand In sticks of a special kind, locked In tho machlno, and tho slug cast. Sticks aro mado for lines as long as ten nnd ono-half inches, but when these nro used, moro than ono casting Is made, tho machlno taking caro of the Justification automatically automatical-ly by indenting ono slug and overhanging over-hanging tho next. When many duplicates du-plicates are wanted, as in the caso of blanks, rules, border, and similar things, tho machine will recast until stoppod. From the February Popular Popu-lar Mechanics Magazine. j |