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• Linotype Instruction Book by John Rodgers, 1925, 242pp.
• Linotype Machine Principles, 1940, 487pp.
• Linotype Keyboard Operation., 1957, 184pp.

• General Maintenance - The Care and Maintenance of Matrices, 1942
• General Maintenance - (Part I) Routine Checkups, Cleaning and Lubrication, 1942
• General Maintenance - (Part II) Assembling, 1942
• General Maintenance - (Part III) Casting, 1942
• General Maintenance - (Part IV) Distribution and Driving, 1942


• The Big Scheme of Simple Operation, 1940, 44 pages (10 Megabyte PDF)
• Linotype Maintenance Manual - 1951, 174 pages (15 Megabyte PDF)

Leonard Spencer, the author of the following two documents passed away on January 24, 2001. He will be missed.
• Linecasting Machine Maintenance Basics by Leonard A. Spencer
  Prepared for the 12th Biennial American Typecasting Fellowship Conference in Sunnyvale, California, October 1 to 5, 1998.
  Reprinted with the permission of Alnora Spencer.


• LINOTYPE / INTERTYPE Linecasting Machines - How They Differ by Leonard A. Spencer
  Prepared for the 13th Biennial American Typecasting Fellowship Conference in Rindge, New Hampshire, June 13-16, 2000.
  Reprinted with the permission of Alnora Spencer.

• Correct Keyboard Fingering by John S. Thompson, 1923
• Four Magazine Quick-Change Linotype Model 9, 1911, 28 pages (13 Megabyte PDF)
• Milestones of Machine Typesetting, 1944, 16 pages (17.3 Megabyte PDF)


• The Intertype Autospacer, Its Function, Care, Operation and Adjustment, 1950, 24 pages (.5 Megabyte PDF)
• Linotype Decorative Material, 1926 Reprinted 1929, 103 pages (5.2 Megabyte PDF)
• Useful Matrix Information, 1937, 123 pages (3.5 Megabyte PDF)
• A Simple and Accurate Method of COPY-FITTING, 1927, 12 pages (.9 Megabyte PDF)
• Ruled Forms and Leader Work on the Linotype, 8 pages (.2 Megabyte PDF)

• Linotype Instruction Book, Linotype Electric Pot. March, 1923, 37pp
• Instruction Book, Cutler-Hammer Electric Linotype Pot. August, 1923, 32pp

• Third Edition, The Linotype Self-Quadder, Its Operation and Maintenance
  Applied to Linotypes SN 53640 and up.
• Linotype Self-Quadder, Operation and Maintenance
  Applied to Linotypes SN 57090 and up.
• Operation and Maintenance of the Linotype Self-Quadder
  Applied to Linotypes SN 61506 and up.
  
• Instruction Book for the Linotype Manually Controlled Hydraquadder - 1955
  
• Instruction Book for the Linotype Electrically-Controlled Hydraquadder - 1955
  

• Service Instruction #16 - September, 1953
  ADJUSTMENTS ON LINOTYPE MODELS 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, and 36 EQUIPPED WITH THE ELECTROMATIC SAFETY

• Shop Talk Volume 1 Number 1 (1 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 1 Number 2 (.9 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 1 Number 3 (.8 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 2 Number 4 (.9 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 3 Number 1 (.6 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 3 Number 2 (.8 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 4 Number 1 (.6 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 4 Number 2 (.5 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 5 Number 1 (1 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 5 Number 2 (.8 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 6 Number 1 (.7 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 6 Number 2 (.9 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 7 Number 1 (.9 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 7 Number 2 (.7 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 8 Number 2 (1.3 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 9 Number 1 (.9 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 9 Number 2 (1.7 Megabyte PDF)
• Shop Talk Volume 10 Number 1 (.7 Megabyte PDF)