REVIEW QUESTIONS
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QUESTIONS
1. What classes of furniture are essential in modern composing-rooms? 2. Give a general statement of articles in each class. 3. What determines the selection of furniture for any given office? 4. What was the first thing needed in a composing-room after the type had been cast? 5. How was it made originally? 6. How is it now made? 7. What are the dimensions of the standard type case of the present time? 8. What other sizes are sometimes used? 9. What effect has the need of economy of space had upon the use of type cases? 10. What are type cases made of? 11. What difficulties were experienced? 12. How were they avoided? 13. Describe the construction of a modern type case. 14. Give some of the uses for which special cases are provided. 15. What are the two purposes of a working stand? 16. What is the proper height for a stand? 17. Should the case lie flat when in use, and why? 18. How are galleys placed for holding type, and why? 19. Describe a simple working stand. 20. How are infrequently used cases stored? 21. What should be avoided in this method of storage? 22. Describe a modern type cabinet. 23. What difficulty arose in working at the earlier forms of cabinet, and how was it avoided? 24. Describe a Polhemus cabinet. 25. What is the advantage of iron case brackets? 26. What are the advantages and disadvantages of tilting case brackets? 27. What are galley brackets? 28. What is a better article for the same purpose? 29. Compare wooden and steel case runs. 30. How are steel case runs constructed? 31. Describe and compare several methods of constructing case racks so that the case may be used without removing it from the rack. 32. What was the old method of keeping reglets and wood furniture, and what was its disadvantage? 33. Describe some modern methods of keeping this material.