[746] See ante, p. [253]–4; also Johnson’s Typographia, ii, 652.
[747] Mr. Branston was an engraver, and resided at Beaufort Buildings, Strand, in 1824. He attempted a new system of printing music, by striking the punches deeper than usual in the plate, so that when a stereo cast was taken from it, the notes appeared sufficiently in relief to be printed at a type press.
[748] See ante, p. [121]. M. Didot’s invention had been previously tried by Henry Caslon, but unsuccessfully.
[749] This appears to be an anachronism. There was no association of Type Founders between 1820 and 1830.
[750] Hansard, Typog., p. 361.
[751] Johnson, in 1824, gives a list of nine founders (including Pouchée), at that time trading in London. (Typog., ii, 652.)
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