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Ottmar Mergenthaler

* 1854 in Hachtel, Baden-Württemberg/Germany
+ 1899 in Baltimore


   

Ottmar Mergenthaler    

Ottmar Mergenthaler was a German-American inventor who has been called a second Gutenberg,
as Mergenthaler invented the linotype machine,
the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses.
This machine revolutionized the art of printing.

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