File:EB1911 Typography - Type with jet.jpg

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Description
English: This is the raw type which results from casting the type from the matrix. The wedge-shaped jet at the bottom has to be removed and the burr on the shoulders needs to be rubbed off to obtain a finished type.
Date published 1911
Source Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 27, 1911, p. 543, Fig. 5.
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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