The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc. — John Shaqi
The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.MacKellar, Thomas
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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.
MacKellar, Thomas
Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States
How to make printers’ rollers—German preservative for
rollers—Directions for recasting rollers—Printers’
ley—Paste—Mucilage—Glue—Gum—Magenta surface paper—Coloured
writing inks—Fire-proof ink—Printing ink varnish—Lithographic
transfer ink—To give dark printing inks a bronze or
changeable hue—An ink for marking tin or zinc—Drying
preparations—Silvering solutions—To soften leather
belting—How to open a ball of twine—To prevent adhesion
of paper—To detect ground wood in paper—French gold
printing—Transfer varnish—To make paper waterproof—To
preserve books—To restore engravings.
ORTHOGRAPHICAL 318-332
Discrepancies—_a_ or _an_ before a vowel or silent _h_—_o_
or _oh_—_able_ and _ible_—_im_ or _in_ and _em_ or _en_—_in_
and _un_—_ise_ and _ize_—_or_ and _our_—_sion_ and
_tion_—_Farther_ and _further_—_Peas_ and _pease_—Omission of
_s_ in the possessive case—Formation of the plurals of words
compounded of a noun and an adjective—Pointing of numbers,
weights, measures, &c.—Derivation of English words—Rules for
spelling—Plurals of nouns.
HOW TO SECURE COPYRIGHTS 333-335
Printed title required—Application to be made to Librarian
of Congress—Style of printed title—Fees—Two complete
copies required—Penalty—Notice of copyright to be given by
imprint—Form of notice—Penalty for false notice—Authors
may reserve the right to translate or dramatize—Form of
notice—Original works only will be entered—Duration of
copyright—Renewal—Form of application for renewal—Time of
publication—Copyright may be secured for a projected as well
as for a completed work—Assignments—Fees—Copies or duplicate
certificates—Serials or separate publications—Copyright
required for each volume or part of a book—Copyrights for
works of art—Copyrights cannot be granted upon trade-marks
or labels—Fee for registering at Patent Office—Citizens
or residents of the United States only entitled to
copyright—Full name and residence of claimant required.
THE METRIC SYSTEM 336, 337
TECHNICAL TERMS OF THE CRAFT 338-343
ABBREVIATIONS 344-356
FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES 357-372
INDEX 373-383
[Illustration]
[Illustration: HORN-BOOK OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.]
_THE SONG OF THE PRINTER._
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