linotype machine

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linotype machine

Summary

linotype machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (432 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • linotype machine is credited with the discovery of Ottmar Mergenthaler[2].
  • linotype machine's image is recorded as Linotype machines, Anthony Hordern and Sons department store, c. 1935.jpg[3].
  • linotype machine's GND ID is recorded as 4167774-2[4].
  • linotype machine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85077253[5].
  • linotype machine's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11980191x[6].
  • linotype machine's subclass of is recorded as appliance[7].
  • linotype machine's has use is recorded as hot metal typesetting[8].
  • linotype machine's Commons category is recorded as Linotype[9].
  • linotype machine's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 45148[10].
  • linotype machine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c6lq[11].
  • linotype machine's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 686.22542[12].
  • linotype machine's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 681.61[13].
  • linotype machine's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 686.22544[14].
  • linotype machine's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0119460[15].
  • linotype machine's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • linotype machine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • linotype machine's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[18].
  • linotype machine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[19].
  • linotype machine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Linotype[20].
  • linotype machine's Quora topic ID is recorded as Linotype-Machine-company[21].
  • linotype machine's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007531521905171[22].
  • linotype machine's Lex ID is recorded as Linotype_-_sættestøbemaskine[23].
  • linotype machine's TOPCMB ID is recorded as linotipo[24].
  • linotype machine's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03680561-n[25].
  • linotype machine's Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID is recorded as tecnicas/1181092[26].

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Works and Contributions

linotype machine is credited with the discovery of Ottmar Mergenthaler[2].

Why It Matters

linotype machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (432 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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