David Bruce (inventor)

David Bruce Jr. (February 6, 1802 – September 13, 1892) was a New York industrialist whose inventions revolutionised the printing industry.

Information

In 1838, he invented the Pivotal Typecaster, and subsequently patented it in 1845.[1]

An example of the Pivotal Typecaster can be found in the Printing Museum of the firm of William Clowes Ltd. in Beccles in the English county of Suffolk.

References
  1. "Pivotal Typecaster". HistoryWired. Retrieved 2007-02-04.


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