Mergenthaler
Ott·mar [ot-mahr; German awt-mahr], /ˈɒt mɑr; German ˈɔt mɑr/, 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.
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Ottmar Mergenthaler worked twenty years on the development of his linotype machine, and ten years thereafter in perfecting it.
How to Succeed as an Inventor | Goodwin B. SmithThe Mergenthaler Linotype Company has paid out twenty millions of dollars in dividends in fourteen years.
How to Succeed as an Inventor | Goodwin B. SmithThe Mergenthaler Linotype machine appeared in crude form about 1886.
A Book of Exposition | Homer Heath NugentMr. Ottman Mergenthaler of Baltimore has been working on one for ten years and it is almost ready for us.
Famous Days in the Century of Invention | Gertrude L. StoneIn the following year, Stephens invented his electric plough, and Mergenthaler made an improvement on his linotype machine.
Invention | Bradley A. Fiske
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