The article is talking about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paige_Compositor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paige_Compositor. It refers to an 1887 patent app

The article is talking about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paige_Compositor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paige_Compositor. It refers to an 1887 patent application with 218 pages. Here's part 1 (specification) at 55 pages: http://www.archive.org/details/PaigeCompositorUS547860Text600grey http://www.archive.org/details/PaigeCompositorUS547860Text60... (granted 1895-10-15, that tracks with the 8 year review period mentioned in the article.) And here's part 2 - 163 pages full of lovely mechanical drawings: https://archive.org/details/PaigeCompositorUS547860Sheets600grey https://archive.org/details/PaigeCompositorUS547860Sheets600...