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Rh all types were cast by hand, from a hand-mould, and by a process which received no noticeable improvement for two centuries. The following illustration, taken from an engraving



published by an early English type-founder, can be offered as a substantially correct representation of the method of casting which was practised by all type-founders in the first quarter of this century.

The type-caster took in his left hand the mould, which was imbedded in a wood frame, and shielded about the jet,