The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-03
A TNrc-scttlng Mncl,imc.

machine, IRON WhlCn Wo extract tne lOllOW-
ing particulars r,,..
Each Of these machines will to-day enable
any intelligent MIN or woman, with . littlc
practice, to do neatly, pleasantly and uncr-
ringly tho same amount Of labor now per
formed always painfully, always orrngly
aud often Mt n sacrifice OF health by any
six Of our swlitcst practical printers. Tho
whole machine for setting up typo is indeed
analogous to circular piano the keyboard
occupying but small space on ono side OF
tho machine, aud zach key bcing marked
with is peculiar letter, or combination Of
lctcrs, such az ing, ed the, MAT, is, OHgh
aud so forth. So absolutely simple is It's
operation, indeed caused by the elaborate
perfection Of its mechanism that even on
the FIRST day Of seeing IT, any child knowing
how 20 spell could, with very hltle instruo,
ton, commence Betling mp type more rap
idly aud accurately than could practical
printer Ul tho present day merely working
With his fingers, "
These machines, ioo--eluborate as thcy
are, ahd having cost tho lifa Of their first
Inventor, Timothy Alden, and moro thaD
two hundred lhousotd dollars, since OK.
pended IN bringing them 10 their present
lpcricction are no chcep and durnDle'th1t
we prophesy, ere mauy years, they WI
find place in every commercial or other
business house having an eSteusivo cor,
respoudeuuc and oven IN the private
houses of gentlemen who may bo amateur
wooors of the MUSES. Of the Bellies Lgitrcs,
or who, flom any cause, shall desire to imvo
ready means within their reach for multi.
plying copies OF any letter, basquinalc in.
vitaion business document circular on
other issue Of written thought. Ina word,
this machine. its total cost ouly So 600 lis
material parts lasting for City years, and
ito most dolicute portions, oven with the
hardest work of "great daily" good for
y fourth or fifth of that time, aud instah
tancuuB ~ renewable Mt the factory nt ri-
fling cost ol some few dollars this machine,
we say, imprcsses us as an Inauguration OF
p" Every man his own prinIor and mblshcr;'
and before many years we expect lhey viii
be us common an institution in hrst-olass
houses as steamnheators, iron saios, bill
Hard table, or roErigeratng neat.sale. "
But it was not the setting up Of tho typo
that struck us as tho most wonderful devel.
cpmrnt of this really amazing piece of me-
chanism. IN that operations, human intclli.
genoo, though only working lightly with
tho point OF a single finger selected every
type, attended to tho souse and spelling,
eomprohondod tho difference between non,
pareil BREWER, bourgeois, SMALL CARS and
agate aud in word, presided over the
machine as is intellectual controller. What
il TO be thought, however, of the orelat on
of the ro-distlituttg tho typos after they
have been use placing each letter. point
! aud spncO back into its proper aud APP
pointed place, ready fer future use---an OPP
IN .1hi i,l, La, an
human Interference OF any kiud--tho steam
OF ca|oric engine, or any other animate OF
nanimate motive power suiliuing to work
tit, while it's own brains and eyes Of stce
aud brass spell ont every word, give due
Difference to each punctuation mark and
character OF typo, and send back every
single letter with FLIP to the rcccpacl,
of its proper kin, thore to await further
calls of duty,
Timothy Aldon, practical printer 10y
trade aud born gcnins in mechanics, de
|, voted over 20 years Of his life to the con
struotiun OF this wonder of ingenuity; ant
died another Moses seng but not enter
ing this promised land just as the frs
rude model was completed aud in working
order, To him succeeded his cousin, Henry
4 w. Alden, who hal spent over $4,000
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OF (CaliCoruia. as pahulum toward feeding th,
/ infant days of this vornoiuus discovery; auS
! last associating himself with this surviv
ing cousin organizing company compose,
OF the most responsible and leading citizen
ot the metropolis, aud evoking tho capita
to make the work ol Timothy Aldens hf
"bloom TO profit as thing Of worli-wid
and ete,nal valuo for all generations OF me-
came Charles 9, Yeaton, now Of Brooklyn
whose character presents rare blondm
i OF qualities, embracing the skill, eXactitud
and tircless, patience of tho mechanic, tn
fiery zeal aud sanguine faith of the disc0v
crer, aud those more commonplace, but no
less valuable attributes which win CONNER
cial confidence, and go TO form what i
4 called tho "per(ect business man.. If,
be Thought we speak warmly OF Mr. y cato
II is because he has lmpresSedus us much, an
made us SO Isel, after unuSual facilities fl
studying both his work aud his character
Still young man, and with rather ia
, air ot n handsome fashionable than n savau
the factory he has organized is, in itself,
machine almost Ns wonderful and perfe,
ms the machines il makes. How man
hundred or thousand parts there are IN eac
, separate Alden type setter aud distribute
we do not know; but we do know that it
made million of these machines, ever
screw, sprinS, pin or other part of cao
would be transferable or iuterehaugcabl
with tho similar fragment of every oht
machine SO made--pach atom of each n,
tomaton bearing a similar number, aud NJ
Iraton having specially devised aud create
for the manufacture and numbering of eac
part peculiar tools aud machinery, produ
ins IN every case precisely similar rcsu,
[ Thus, il by careleSsness az accident an
{ pin, or screw, or spring or other limb
minor or maior--oI any OF tLeso maehin,
&. away outat San Francisco, or Hong Kon,
, or llakodadi, should be broken or last, III
+, proprietor would oaly have to consult III
/ copiously illustrated explanation bool
o prepared by Mr.. leaton aud sent to ever
. purchaser, find out the number Of the mi
n slug part, and write to iho nearest are,
!, or the New York factory for Number 2sO
b, or whatever else might be its number b,
S few parts of the maohMe, however, al
liable to auy ordinary accident, all the fin,
work being carefully and strongly prote
tected While all such moro delicate par
= as are most likely TO give way are sent
. duplicate or trivlioa,o at tho Iime of ori
a lnal purchase,
r As an instance of the rorethought di