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Description Diagram of tooth coding of the distributor rail, showing the first few positions of the rail. The coding is basically straight binary. Note that there are two positions for "e"; there are two magazine slots for that letter because of its high frequency
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Source Linotype Machine Principles, published by Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, NY, 1940, p. 270
Author Scanned and cleaned up by Paul Koning
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