The New York herald., 1862-10-20

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You before you table brass almost circular, the
part nearest the operator only being ia,encd and at
slight elevation you ratipg from the centre,
deep alloys OF also within which the types
are made 70 stand and these alleys" Numbering one
hondred and eighty the substitutes for the ua
boxes divisions in Into these aleys placed
enc hundred ans ntyour different characters and they
arranged hold exactly the poportonato
number OF types that the divisions in contain For
instance there three "aeys" for the lower
while there is but the let b. for five for
ana SO on throughout These alleys divided into
six different sections with handles attached, allowing
them 10 be raised up instantly order change their
fent Of type to any other size.
Directly before The operator Is the "keyboard eight
inches wide and fourteen in length upon which
one hundred and fifty four keys with silver plated heads
resembling those of the concertina. These keys all
plainly ettercd and the entire alphabet each
letter is arranged within spanning distance Of the hand
They embrace the Roman upper and lower cases, small
capitals, italics, double letters, numerals pucuations
signs and spaces
In the ire OF the table Is the man bce thirty
inches in diameter, revolving upon friction rollers and
upon its circumference thirty six "conveyors,p
hands, every other Of which ATTENDS setting up
type while other alternate is required TO dis
tribute old matter into the alleys from which the
setting conveyors," hands take their type With
in tho 'nian wheel is another, three inches wide and
twelve indiameer revolving also upon friction rollers
sncircng which there of movable steel pins
(,he size Of shnge nai) pcrforating Encompassng
this wheel is wide stationary rim twsnty.e.ght
inches in diameter, and on the outside of which
there are eighteen grooves Of polished steel, filed
nearly fun with excavons. Upon the inside of this
excayatsd rim there aspine staal rods cou-ee ting
with the nner register wheel" cR1sining nine rows
of steel pins Al end Of these rods, the IN
ner Wheel there levers' attached The q main
wheel revoves around the outside Of excavated
rim - carry ing with IL the conveyors." Upon end
q these conveyors' there nine movable polished
steel fingers" which projected outside by sheet
brass, and capable OF being formed 512 different
combinations Uet i, is only necessary make a com
bnaton Of 16l to every type to be sctup) The
fingers" glide along in the grooves upon tho excavst
Cd rim here being, OF course, grooyrs for each
finger to work n) and when they reach part Of the
table nearest the operator all the fingers thrown
flush into their lower groove. From the to
the register wheel" having the steel pins upon II,
there are nine ether rods attached. when the CON-
poser touches key, sgnifying the character he
wants, the signal is passed out the register
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and thsre registers the character by pushing out
certain combination Of pins; and the "resisier whee
reyovss the pins thrown pass under and tilt the
levers attached 10 the nine steel rods unicane with
the "sxcavatsd rin thus changing the combination
the grooves upon the "sxcavatsd rim" eqGalizng the
combination Of pins upon the register whee when
the FIRST 'conveyor passes by II takes its signal by GER
tain Of the fingers upon being thrown the upper
grooves equivalent to the combination OF pins which
vsyor reaches tho alley containing the character de
sired, Is instantly stopped. and the fingers drop
the excavations upon the stationary rim, comparing with
the In which the fingers thrown; then the
''conveyor slides ts whlo taking ont its type
which 10 firmly held II then tis and passes with tho
"main Wheel" and places the type into deep, long
Galley directly In front Of the operator as nicely and
decatsly 1t Is possible FOR the natural fingers to exc
cute One character follows another in the way
and In the order n which tho keys touched by tho
composers fingers may require and, when the matter
Sci up reaches the further end Of thsasy
Is broken into page aud there justified roady to be
red OF to the press to be printed FROM The "quads =
s'thin spaces and "hyphens" distributed close
hand.
Tho operator has only read his manuscript and touch
his keys. From practice his fingers involuntary pass
tho Key, they do 10 the divisions in case IIe
acquire facility Of touching these keys much
rapidly than the carrying whce revolves and by
doing he accumulates signals upon the register whee
In advance or the devery-svsn the extent OF sixty
l-itsrs-at which instsnta bell inside gives the alarm
that the register wheel Ia ull The ccmpositor then
stops his copy before him. aud 1s,aes that which
he has already set up in page All the while the lett ors
previously sent tor working and be ready to
precesd with fresh composition II the operator makes
mistake oy touching the wrong key he easily cor.
rect by turning OF al the Signals upon the register
wheel, or portien Of them as may be necessary.
The remarkable part of this machine is the eds
ributing department" which Is purely automatical.
10Th operations may be carried together or separately
The operator pays attention whatever to the dstrbu
,ion except place page Of dead matter (evsn pilo
upon tho table and the machinery OF itself then takes
charge Of IT, ono line at time becomes separated from
tho rnass page powerful tcr, aud other appIi-
ances machinery carry the line along the end OF
deep aey and then the "distrbuting conveyors stop
and each taking letter. carries IL home to It's proper
aallsy." Nor IL be possible 70 mako a mistake by
msplacing letter. for the governing power is law itself
and that controlling power Is the different combinations
Of hicks IN the type The type by the way may be cast
at one half less per pound than that m.de in the
usual way which is readily accounted or by the saving
Of m.ss Old type Of any description c,n DO nicIsed bv
the thousand with simple plane, gsged 70 any form and
adapt Itself TO this machine.
The principle Of distribution" srnuch The same as ba
OF the usettns' tia only difference being in settna
the leading 10 Ssr the touch of he kcys while in dis
rputiua nine little steel fingers feel out from the disri
,utna box tho hicks in the type forming parcn.
lar ombnation which is sgnalized 70 the "conveyor',
stopping FOR tho character and the Gugcss upon be
come changed from lower 70 upper grooves upon the
ezca,sted rim." comparing wiib the eom5lnatIon Of