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William Church’s composing machine

1903

An engraving of a tall wooden frame holding sloping banks of type channels above a row of keys. — Engraving published in Scientific American, 1903. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

Church’s 1822 composing machine as illustrated in 1903: type stored in sloping channels was released by pressing the keys below.

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