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Metal type has been replaced by photocomposition.

金属活字为照相排版所代替。

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Hand setting making up lines of metal type by hand usually in a composing stick.

手工排字把金属活字逐字逐行的排放在手盘上的情况。

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And what he found here, which is what you can see and we can all see pretty clearly, is the slope of all of these lines is the same regardless of what the type of metal is.

他在这发现，你们也,可以很清楚的看到，不同金属直线的,斜率是相同的。

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