Typographic Practice

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THOMAS

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EQUIPMENT Brass Galleys and galley-racks Compositors' tools rules and cases for labor-saving rule Dashes and braces Leads Furniture of wood and metal Furniture-racks .

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Electrotype guards

GALLEYS AND GALLEY-RACKS

HE

galley is a tray of wood or brass with a raised rim on two

or three sides,

made

to hold

composed type, for which service it is kept in an inclined The galley of wood, position. which has its rim at the head and on one side only, is frail and seldom used. The galley of brass, with a rim at the head and on each side, is stronger and much more durable it holds the type securely, and allows it to be locked up and proved on a press. Galleys are sometimes ;


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