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Galley

A thin, moveable frame or tray of wood, brass, or zinc, on which to empty matter from the composing-stick as it is set up, and to afford a level surface for making up pages. Galleys are made of different shapes, according to the class of matter they are intended to contain.

Illustration of a newspaper column galley
Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a newspaper column galley, and has a metal bottom, about the thickness of a Pearl. Matter emptied upon it only requires to be fastened up with a sidestick and quoins', and it may be placed under the galley press, and a proof pulled, without the necessity of tying up and removing tho type. Quarto and folio jobbing galleys are similarly made.

Illustration of a folio jobbing galley
Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a folio jobbing galley, made entirely of wood; and Fig. 3 is a mahogany slip galley, which is generally used for bookwork, such matter being invariably made up into pages, and imposed, previous to the first proof being pulled.

Illustration of a mahogany slip galley
Fig. 3.

Galley

A thin, moveable frame or tray of wood, brass, or zinc, on which the matter from the composing-stick is deposited as it is set up, and which affords a level surface for making; up pages. Galleys are made of different shapes, according to the class of matter they are intended to contain. Newspaper column galleys have a metal bottom about the thickness of one em pearl, and matter emptied upon them only requires to be fastened up with a sidestick and quoins, and it may be placed under a galley press, and a proof pulled, without the necessity of tying up and removing the type. Quarto and folio jobbing galleys are similarly made. The common jobbing galley is made entirely of wood, as also is the slip galley, which is usually used for hookwork, such matter being invariably made up into pages, and imposed, previous to the first proof being pulled.

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