nov 27, 1725 - In printing, a stereotype, also known as a cliché, stereoplate or simply a stereo, was originally a "solid plate of type metal, cast from a papier-mâché or plaster mould (called a Flong) taken from the surface of a forme of type"used for printing instead of the original.
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nov 27, 1725
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~ 300 years ago