The { Inland Printer, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Oct. 1885): 67 } cites the typecaster of Frederick Wicks (England) as being able to cast one hundred types per second.
This image of the Wicks Rotary Typecater is from { John S. Thompson's History of Composing Machines (1904), p. 78. }. Thompson gives its rate of casting at 60,000 types an hour.
The Wicks Rotary Typecaster, as illustrated and discussed (with further technical images) in { Legros' "Typecasting and Composing Machinery" (1908)}. Legros is by far the best source that I know of.
{Legros, 1908, Plate 32, Fig. 47}
Here's an engraving of the Wicks Rotary Typecaster as illustrated in the { 1911 edition of the Encyclopædiadia Britannica }.
Thompson's History of Composing Machines (1904) is in the public domain.
Legros' "Typecasting and Composing Machinery" (1908) is in the public domain.
The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædiadia Britannica is in the public domain.
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