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Hot-metal machines

Scope note

Those machines that cast type for printing as the matter is being composed, either by individual characters, such as Monotype (TM) machines, or by one-line slugs, such as Linotype (TM) machines.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000233633

Broader Terms used

composing machines

Narrower Terms used

linecasting machines

Equivalent Terms used

hot-metal machine

Created

13yrs ago

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