| 单词 | polymatype mould |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolymatype mould A system of typecasting by which a large number of types can be produced simultaneously; a machine used for this. Also attributive in polymatype mould. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > type founding > [noun] > specific method polymatype1887 1887 T. B. Reed Hist. Old Eng. Letter Foundries xxi. 361 In 1823, he [sc. L. J. Pouchée] took out the patent for this country for Henri Didot's system of polymatype which consisted of a machine capable of casting from 150 to 200 types at each operation. 1890 Cent. Dict. Polymatype, a now disused system of type-making by which 150 or 200 types were cast at one operation twice a minute. 1896 T. L. De Vinne in Moxon's Mech. Exerc.: Printing (new ed.) II. 416 Didot's polymatype mould, made to cast fifty types at one operation. 1966 W. T. Berry & H. E. Poole Ann. Printing 213/1 Type casting with a device known as the Polymatype was invented by Henri Didot. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IV. 82/1 For producing type he invented the Polymatype, which consisted of a long bar of matrices into which hot metal was poured. < as lemmas |
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