Unhandiness of the common stand
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Double stands are oftenest arranged back to back between windows, so that four compositors can work in the alley so made. As the ordinary stand has no provision for a galley, compositors have to empty their sticks on galleys at an inconvenient It is often without a drawer for the safedistance. keeping of copy and cuts. It accommodates in an interior rack, but with some inconvenience to the compositor, six or eight cases on one side of the frame, but leaves unoccupied a large space on the other side, and a broad vacancy under the projecting upper cases at the top. This upward projection at the back seriously obstructs the light of those who work at a distance. Stands have been made low enough for the compositor to work seated, but they are not liked nearly all compositors prefer to stand at work. Double stands are also made with a support for a galley that can be placed inclined upright between the two exposed lower cases. This stand, more than five feet wide, allows the space below to be utilized for the stowage of two tiers of cases. A more useful form provides for an inclined galley-ledge in a sliding drawer (which also serves for copy out of use), so that the galley can be drawn out and put back without risk of piing the composition. :
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much-approved departure from the old form as the Polhemus double stand, 1 which was constructed with an intent to have the back as 1 Designed by John Polhemus, New York, 1872.
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