Introduced in 1916. Four-magazine mixer in adjacent pairs (1 & 2, 2 & 3, 3 & 4). English Model 6 S.M. (two-keyboard, four side magazine version) introduced in 1929. Both versions superseded by the English Models 50 and 50 S.M. of 1936.
(The unrelated American Model 6 was a wide-measure (36 pica) version of the American Model 5.)
The English Model 6 mixed in adjacent pairs, while the earlier English Model 65 mixed in fixed pairs (top two, bottom two). The Model 65 was never produced in a side magazine version.
By way of overseas comparison, the first American four-magazine mixer was the American Model 9, but that was a most unusual machine which mixed all four magazines simultaneously. The first American four-magazine mixers in pairs were the American Model 29 and American Model 30 (with side magazines), "Blue Streak" machines introduced in 1936. Like the 1916 English Model 6, they allowed mixing in adjacent pairs.
{L&M Circa 1936}, pp. 31-32, describes the machine thus:
"The Model 6 was specially designed for the production of work requiring a variety of type faces in one and the same line, such as catalogues, encyclopædias, dictionaries, etc. It is equipped with four main magazines and two distributors. The magazines can be used as three double units; that is to day, the first and second, second and third, or third and fourth magazines can be used together for the composition of any one line. The chnge from one magazine ot the other of any pair is effected by a shift-key situated on the right-hand side of the keyboard. The operator can produce all type faces and body sizes upt o 18-point, and condensed 24-point, in measures from 4 to 30 pica ems, or up to 36 ems, according to the build of the machine. It is fitted with the universal knife block and universal ejector. This model is no longer built, as it is superseded by the Model 50."
{L&M 1964}, p. 2, dates the introduction of the Model 6 to 1916 and the Model 6 S.M. to 1923.
Here is the English Model 6 as shown in {L&M Circa 1936}, p. 22.
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{L&M Circa 1936}, pp. 32 and 34, notes that the Model 6 S.M. has four side magazines controlled by an independent 34-key keyboard. Pairs of main magazines may mix together with the corresponding pair of side magazines. "This model will set all sizes of type faces up to 36-point caps and lower case, and 42 and 48-point caps, on all body sizes up to 36-point, the 42 and 48-point caps being cast on 36-point body." (p. 34) Standard measure was 30 picas, with 36 pica machines available.
Here is the Model 6 S.M. as shown in {L&M Circa 1936}, p. 23.
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The guidelines for "Space Required for Linotypes" in {L&M Circa 1936}, p. 163, specify:
Here is the installation floor plan for English Models 6 and 6 S.M. as shown in {L&M Circa 1936}, p. 164.
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{L&M Circa 1936} The Linotype: Its Mechanical Details and their Adjustments. London: Linotype and Machinery Limited, [n.d., circa 1936]
{L&M 1964} The Linotype Manual. London: Linotype and Machinery Limited, 1964.
IMPORTANT NOTE on the copyright status of: The Linotype: Its Mechanical Details and their Adjustment , printing code "2128 M 1/EY". This book is undated, but probably dates to around 1936. (The latest two machines it mentions are the English Model 50, introduced in 1936, and the A-P-L, introduced in America by 1935. As of 2013, if this volume was published before 1938, then as an anonymous corporate work it is in the public domain in England. However, as this volume was in copyright in England on Jan. 1, 1996, due to the implementation of the Uruguay Round of GATT it acquired a US copyright which will, under current law, expire 95 years from its date of publication. The U.S. does not recognize a "rule of the shorter term." It is my assertion, however, that the brief excerpts from this book used in these web pages for the critical analysis of this historical product line constitute "Fair Use" under U.S. copyright law. Please be advised, therefore, that these excerpts and images may not be in the public domain in your country and not licensed under the same Creative Commons license as the pages on which they appear.
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