The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-05
Translated for the N. Y. Tribune from the schD.,..
THE INVENTION OF A (TYPE) C0Mpoa
ING MACHINE.

THE INVENTION OF A (TYPE) CONps
ING MACHINE.
A communication from Vienna contain, A. /,
lowing:
San important invention has been mad. \.
which has already proved perfectly practical MI
whose results will have incalculable effect. an MI
periodical press especially Itis the invention Il 1
thoroughly successful type-composng macbw n
the form ofa piano, having the external structure n
this kind ofinstrument, and set Of l2l loucbs, n
rows-one Of 81 and the other Of 6O-,be forwr \
which being broad, and the latter narrow. Al
well known that no compositor, however asik Y +
practiscd, is able TO compose more than 2,OOi IN-
in an hour; while that composing piano ,,r
played upon by unpractised and tardy len ia,,r
performs the composition of 800 types in aui,ps
and 81 600 in an hour. The machine, ,herlor
evidently intended for the substituting ofoue ~
for two hands, or for the multiplication oflbv X
and It consequently operates ten times mou auA
ly than the most agile compositor at hsox, B. !
des, the set Of touches may be prolonged aecodn
as is desired; or the single composing machn, n,
be made double or threefold and so forth; and u.
qucntly, by means Of setting in several tyne ds
nels, at a single application Of the ten fns,ny
30, nay, go and more letters, can be composed 3
ultancously, and therefore whole sentences b 4
i,tcd in great numbers and cotemporarily; Wild
courec, is of great importance in cases Of vat
tons of newspapers, periodicals, and works enu
" that have a large circulation. The machine =
completed by the inventor at the royal impm
printing Office of the court and slate Of Tho u
in the presence and with the untiring cooper
of the distinguished superintendent Of thh H.
rial institute, after several experiments had
made, in the course Of about year. The srh
ton and usefulness of the machine have been II
with the utmost scrutiny, and II has been truzl
ant. Entirely different from one or two ofsp
decessors, which did not succeed TO come TO iei
is from appearance slender and light as I'LL
sprung forth from nothing--a s,eam-engiusd
press, which, according to the opinion ofonsd
most competent judgcs, will never be surpapd
And now the great typographical problem VI
decennium may be considered solved The II
guished Hungarian mechanician, Peter VonEA
Of Presburgb, to our knowledge, engaged 81
the solution Of this problem. His exampk
soon followed by Young and Delcambrc in E.
and France, and Menkh Of Hamburg took
subject last But all Of them abandoned tAal
deriaking, after their attempts had proved ruhnt
practice at least.
"The invention will henceforth occupy ~
among the most influential Of this distinguished
tury. And the name Of The inventor knEl
lschulik, a young man Of 26 years ofagt 80
of Bohemia, who, until last fall, had been smPt
ms manager in the estate of the chief master
chase, (Obers!ja<gern,eister) Count Won ~
Spriuzcnstcin.
.'lschulk had, in 1910, when he was afatI
ploycd in the project of his machine, conasa
sum advanced by his employer for the Puils
executing his design; and long fnrlOush bed
wise, been granted him several tines
'Ischuik is at present occupied with lheoa
ton Of an indispensable companion Of hls m't \
distributing, or sorting and filling machnsf