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1840s: Ornamented type becomes increasingly
important.
1840
1-97
1-101
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c. 1840-52:
Sir Charles Barry and
A. W. N. Pugin, Houses
of Parliament, London,
inspiration for the Gothic
Revival.
1-98
c. 1841:
Wood and
Sharwoods, ornamental
type.
1-99
1845:
Robert
Besley, the first
Clarendon style.
1848:
The California
Gold Rush begins.
1851:
Joseph Paxton
designs the Crystal
Palace.
1-100
1853:
Handbill
combining Egyptian,
outline, and decorative
types.
1-101
1854:
Broadside
using elongated fat face
fonts.
1854:
The United States
makes its first treaty with
Japan.
1856:
Sir Henry
Bessemer develops
process for converting
iron to steel.
1856:
Sir Henry
Bessemer develops
process for converting
iron to steel.
1-102
1859:
William
H. Page and Company,
Ornamented Clarendons.
1859:
Charles Darwin
publishes
Origin of
Species by Means of
Natural Selection.
1-100
1-98
1-102
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