New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-26
hLDEhS TyPE-SETTLNG AND DIS
TRlBUTING MACHINE.

This wonderfully ingenious machine is the inven'
lion Of printer Of this oy-a native Of Massachu-
sets-named Timothy Alden, who spent bic means,
and wore out lis lie IN bringing his invention to per-
fiction 1t is now 30 far perfect, that il takes tpe
from page Of matter aud distributes each letter in
its proper place and ut the saue time by the Gue
revolving wheel every letter and character required
in n new page ia taken ont OF tho caso and ret in
form at the touch Of the operator upon alphabetical
keys OH table before bin. For the dis,gibu-
,.on OF type, however, nothing il necessary but
T. lay the type upon the table when tie machine
takes Of Il distributing every letter % its proper
place. The form Of the machine is that of q circu-
Tar table about i've feet across In the center of the
table 10 wheel, about two feet in diameter
made to feyoiye by power applied 10 t.eadle from
the OPERATOR foot, or any other motor. On the
outer portion OF tho table, the type are arranged
in rad aling grooves, each groove Fat of
grooves answering to the boxes Of a type case.
There are l5i divisions to contain upper and lower
Gaze, lac, figures marks spaces, Of the particular
type IN ute. Thc6e type holders ere arranged Ia
movable segments Of the circle, 30 thai a change
can be readily made from one variety Of letter to
another. Upon the wheel ttirty-sx type carriers
are arr.I god one-ha lor distribution, and onehalf
for seitug, and as tbey around each Que take.
or delivers the letter presented to il, whesbor
10 DO put III case or ia the Lew page.
The type to be distributed is prevented line by l.ue
by the machine ITSELF without any attention from tie
operator the letters being taken in course from the
end Of tho line, and carried around u the groove
INTO which they aro 10 he delivered. Nor can taey
20 wrong, became the delivery IS regulated by
mechanical law governed bya nick in the back Of
the type, differing in every letter. that The proper
delivery ID Just certain and easily regulated as
the stopliug OF power-lOom by the breaking Of |,
thread. If any OF all Of the channels are flied, the
letter s passed by the channel and dropped into the
" pi-box." BY touch Of finger the oper..o or can
stop the distribution, while the type-seting may
continue. Or be may Gtop the composition and con
iuue tie distribution. In playing upon the keys il
is not requisite that each letter should lie touched
only when II is wanted; for the operator may touch
the corresponding kcyGof sixty letters III advance ac
cordng 10 the copy aud the result il that each letter
is moved forward in the grooves ready be taken up
in regular course by the steel fingers and dropped
in ils proper place. The sixty letters being dis.
posed Of tho machine is charged again if he preiers
doing 30, by rapid playing upon the keys, and the
work goes on as before. As the type il placed
in its proper place, the lines are cut of
in lengths suited 10 the width Of the page or column
desired, and are "justi6ed' as accurately as they
oud be in the compositors stick 10 play upon this
wonderful instrument by touching keys is more
essily learned than 70 play upon ths larger number