snowyday Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 In the early days of printing much of the work was done by monks, as a result, the printer’s terminology is still full of church words. The composing room is still the “chapel†and has “aisles.†A case of type is called a “font†because holy water fonts were used as type receptacles. The small truck into which used type is dumped is still the “hell box†and the apprentice is a ‘devil’. In addition, there are hundreds of words like stet, dele, quad, folio, octavo, etc., which the printer monks took from the Latin they were accustomed to using. from an old newspaper clipping * * * * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny3329 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Thru out my career in Life Support I was assigned duties making the custom fit foam liners for aircrew helmets. The chemicals contained isocyanates. ( Same as the early spray foam insulation for building construction. ) The aircrew members had limited exposure, but the LS tech's were exposed to 2 to 5 or more pours in a day. Biomedical always claimed the was no hazard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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