Ottmar Mergenthaler

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Ottmar Mergenthaler. Born May 10, 1854 - Died October 28, 1899. Machine for Producing Printing Bars. Patent No. 317,828. Inducted 1982. Ottmar...
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Ottmar Mergenthaler, the founder of Linotype. Ottmar Mergenthaler was born in 1854, the son of a schoolteacher in Hachtel, a small town in southern...
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