PRINTING IN JAPAN.
The advantages by the nvl of j printing with moveable typos ;n? im-im- ! is composed nf a small number of letter* ', only, nothing is more easy thill to form liivly in countries which, like I 'hiuii an 1 Japan, have particuiarehai-.i :tor!u exprc-s every i.1.-ii—every worl According t) j tin- correspondent of :ij ninial from which I wo borrow tlirs ■ details, tlio complete j collodion of Japanese typos comprises j 5.000 characters, of whioli 3,000 are in j ciintiint use, and 2,000 ait employed i occasionally. Tlii'so types arranged in a Japanese composing room on shelves like the limits in ii library ; Jtho cm-| positor is thus obliged to bo continually j on the go while colliding his typ"S. i'h great niiinboi' of ihuir character :'•>. i.i-in;- ; in- has thus far prevented tin- i ■•'.iu-sv !• and Japanese from correspond!;!;!- '■' j olowricitv : the telegraph, Ci.it in-trtimei.t j of civilisation, having remained in the hands of foreigners. It \-- n i won iov j then that the telephone lu- b-on received :n Japan with the greatest favor.—-Lo j ?.r<.n 1.- .= .• In Science.
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 67, 11 January 1879, Page 3
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181PRINTING IN JAPAN. Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 67, 11 January 1879, Page 3
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