The New York herald., 1862-10-20

fingers which have dropped into the hicks upon the rs
The other end Of the fingers having dropped ass-ss
graduated stop allows r.ss.Ss way 70 open just tho
width of the type, which passed through 70 the
'sonvsysr, :, whch receives Il naturally and follows On
with the "main Wheel me "coaveyors' 60 through the
revolution that the "ssttng cosvey0rs Dc In
posing.
As matter Of necessity the machinery Is wonderfully
NICE the agencies and dependencies very and
| the whole fabric seemingly very complicated onc'
| while, in truth, its adjustment finally reached
by the discovsrer, is the simplest thing In the world
One Galley" one conveyorp and ono key constitute
almost the entire machine-sn the rest is duplication
All the .'keyaa are alike, Gil The "conveyors are
alike, and the "alleys" holding the type also all
alike.
II the sorts setting and distributing type do not
equally, nearly so, there is always surplus kept
ahead. When there are letters in tho alphabet occupy
ing more than GALLEY" the "convsyors' invaribiy
set from and distribute into the first line Arst. II
that Galley" becomes either full empty the icon
veyorn passes the next line. II the machine is
distributing and not setting ths typo, and the 'acys'
become full, tho "conveyorsn stop longer at the
Galley !" but glide along to the "pbag and drop tho
surplus therein When the pbag' rs full, tho type ia
again upon the table. aud is sent to its allotted
place. ''Could anything be like brain turned into
brassfn We will defy any to hnd the least fault
with any portion Of this novel affair." there being pro-
vision made for any and every emergency throughout the
entire machine. No whatever is made upon the
type.
There arc points Of equal beauty and utility
It's adaptation Of means TO ends and n It's gencral
working Nothing can be admirable than the deli
cacy and fitness Of all its parts and tho exquisite nicety
with which the types omitting the scndsrest
spaces kept place and made each PASS to and
from alleyn and made also and lit itself into
proper position. II any ono thing than another
atounds u.s. is that little and such simple machinery
can effect such miraculous results. The machnc is
almost wholly dependent upon positive instead Of spring
movements.
The "nain wheel has only to make six revolutions rer
minute to set up and distribute "a 500 characters in ten
hours which is equivalent to 80 600 ems solid matter
If tho operator chooses he the wheel TO eigh
revolutions, which is still slow movement, thereby
setting and distributing 10000 solid in the Same
number Of hours.
There Is no possibility OF the machine wearing out
with constant use, in twenty years. and it Is scarcely
liable in any way 10 get out OF repair, as II
Is composed entirely Of iron, steel and brass.
The only delicate parts OF the works covered up,
and well protected from any accident likely TO arise from
the part Of the operator. Very little oil
is used working it-not thimbeful in months
II Is designed TO be worked by steam, horse
treadle power. 1t is perfectly original throughout in its
construction no portion Of its movements being copied
from any othsr kind Of machinery.
The inventor, being practical printer we fine
inventive and patiently medative genius has introduced
into his system-for SO his invention may be caleda
thousand little and agencies for exped
tion of which the art of type setting is susceptible
He certainly most extraordinary person, and this
invention must be most enduring monument Of his
equal patience eeadastness devotion and large grasp Of
mechanical genius. But except the fame, he will reap
none off he frni ife NJ his Alden
native OF Massachusetts, For twenty years Of his life
he devoted himself to the perfection Of his invention and
IN firm concentration OF will and brain and money he
exhausted all the Of o and wore out life itself
pema,urely in the labor The incessant strain for
long period upon his active intellect proved too
haisve for physique naturally feeble. and he sank
under his task Of genius
But he succeeded. Hetriumphed before DEATH he
lived just long enough to cry Eureka; 70 put tho finish
ing stroke TO his abors to his machine in successful
and wondrous operation Twenty years Of his life, and
life itself and above forty thousand dollars in money,
expended in bringing into successful single
OF his machines and his eyes closed upon the work
forever.
One man feeds The distributor, compcses jlsthes and
reads his own matter (thus doing away, in great
sure with procrrcaders) and is less liable to mistakes
than by the usual way Of composition. For instances:
there are a great many Typographical errors''
made in distributing than setting type and it impas
sibe for the "fngers" Of this machine pacs type
into its wrong galley Hence its correctness.
During the last twenty years Of tho inventors life no
depended mainly upon his cousin Henry W Alden, for
funds enable him to continue on experimenting. He
conceived the plan or setting and distributing type bi
machinery at the age Of nineteen years while ap
prentice boy, standing at his picking up type He
then heard TO say that "f his life should be spared
10 him, he would invent a machine that would relieve
composiors OF ha, offensive profession they led
foow.n He frequently remarked, TOO, that "He should
never live reap the fruits o. his discovery He died
at the age OF thirty nine, just no had gotten his
patents this country and Europe Upon his death bed
he directed his cousin how ho should proceed in the
future bequcahng his invention to him and other rea
tives and friends, who had aided him while engaged
many years upon his arduous task.
Henry W. Alden after the inventors death proceeded
make valuable improvements upon the machine, he
had by his cousin while his death
bed in order TO insure perfect After having
completed three machines he caused Of them TO be
put into practical There the stopped for the
want OF additional 20 forward with mannfac.
turing Affairs remained In this way for long time,
until Charles c. Ycaton became interested with Mr.
Alden, and through that indomitabc perseverance and
energy characteristic tho man. he has been enabled
organize stock company OF 500 000 and composed
chiefly Of capitalists Of this city From tho hour Of his
advent in the concern IL has been In active progress
order after order has been sent n-every hour brings
some celebrity TO examine the wonderful mechanism Of
the machine this enterprsng young man cousin
tho inventor, its assured success must be credited.
Police Intelligence.
srABnISc ARRAY IN BROADWAY SAIooS.About twelve
O'Clock Saturday night last number Of persons who
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