Mergenthaler

[ mur-guhn-thaw-ler; German mer-guhn-tah-luhr ]

/ ˈmɜr gənˌθɔ lər; German ˈmɛr gənˌtɑ lər /

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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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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

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. Smith
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company has paid out twenty millions of dollars in dividends in fourteen years.
How to Succeed as an Inventor|Goodwin B. Smith
The Mergenthaler Linotype machine appeared in crude form about 1886.
A Book of Exposition|Homer Heath Nugent
Mr. 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. Stone

In the following year, Stephens invented his electric plough, and Mergenthaler made an improvement on his linotype machine.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske