Surekha Radhakrishnan

“In comparison with the unwieldy mechanical clutter of the Monotype or Linotype apparatuses, the Bhisotype was a sleek and compact affair. ‘The illustration of this machine shows such a small and simple-looking implement that one wonders how its claimed output could be so great,’ Richard E. Huss comments in his authoritative work on the history of mechanical typesetting methods.32Yet it did, indeed, yield an impressive output, producing some 2,400 types per minute, thereby outperforming an industry leader, the Wicks rotary typecasting machine, which could produce, at most, around 1,100 types per minute. Requiring minimal electricity and costing only a fraction of Linotype or Monotype machines, the complete Bhisotype machine—consisting of a typecaster and ten type-composing units—seemed set to revolutionise the printing world.33”
― Prashant Kidambi, Bombay before Mumbai: Essays in Honour of Jim Masselos