Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-22
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. JANUARY y, 1886.

/ II won u DC muNeu Ai0nE ON0~NNt men
waeu the letter M is punched out, be-
/ cause the letter m is twice as wide as
the letter e. Spaces between words and
all sorts OF type characters are allowed
/ for in this way AS the tape runs out OF
/ the punching machine an assistant
measures it off with a rule which is di-
Vided up in sections which represent
] every tyne character. The whole length
OF the rule represents the length of a line
OF type TO lit the page or column desired.
| When the end OF the rule lands near the
end OF word 80 that by thin spacing the
remaining letters would so into the line,
enough holes representing tho ordinary
thick spaces between words are filled
and replaced by other holes representing
thin spaces, which are punched in by
hand. ia order to allow the letters to come
in. Ii a word ia to be divided line of
holes r8presen ting the hyphen Is punched
IN between the two sYllables, and then
holes representing spaces are changed
until the rule shows that tho line is ex-
actly spaced out, AS the spacing is done
automatically the lines must be all of
the same length, and thus the pressman
VIII never be obliged to insert dutch
man" 10 make Storm liil3
The tape is read by copy for errors.
The lines OF holes which represent wrong
letters are Oiled, the correct holes are
iNHtHtAs NAhEN CiNh NotRA' FtnFeHN0IllE
spaces ere changed until the linn is eX-
actly tull. Where words are LEFT out the
tape is ont apart and heightened and the
holes punched IN. Double words are
corrected by 6lling half the holes. AT
the end of each line a row 0f holes repre-
sentiug y quad to separate the lines for
convenience in handling is inserted.
Then the tape ia run through a machine
which makes another tape with dupl-
cate lines Of holes, the lines being at
uniform distance from each other. This
tape is used to set the type
Each type character has a reservoir,
and the reservoirs are placed side by
side. A series OF pointers are arranged
to simultaneously fly at the bottom type
in each reservoir, but a series Of ten
narrow, thin steel plates intervene be-
tween the points and the tyne These
plates have rows OF little holes in them,
and under certain circumstance. the holes
get into such position that one of the
pointers passes through the plates and
knocks "A type out OF its reservoir. The
tyne slides down "a shoot and lands in the
stick that Is ready 10 receive 1t. The
tape, by means OF an electric current,
controls the little steel plates. When the
tape IS put INTO the type-eetllHg machine
1t passes over steel roller and under a
row Of ten steel fingers. 'rhe roller is
connected with \ battery. AS the tape
passes over The roller the fingers find the
rows of holes and drop into them. Each
finger Is connected with a magnet, and
each magnet with one OF the ten narrow
steel plates that keep the pointers from
reaching the type in the reservoirs.
| When a row Of holes in the tape repre-
| senhDg a character passea under the I'm
gers, the fingers above the holes drop
! down on the cylinder, a current of
electricity passes to the magnets, aud the
magnets, thus Influenced, draw such a
combination Of the little plates from one
side of their normal resting place TO the
other as will allow the pointer opposite
the required letter to reach the tyre IN
the reservoir and force it into the shoot
leading to the stick. The impulse given
to the pointers is simultaneous with the
action OF the magnets. When the tape
passes ON, tue plates and pointers re-
turn, until another row of holes in the
tape is reached, aud then the action is re-
peatcd. As the matter 10 be set is cor
rected and spaced in the tape, the type,
as set, need only TO be lifted into the
column or page. The speed of the ma
chine is limited only by the rate at which
the type can drop into place. Corrections
can he made ia a tape by a skilled opera
tor more rapidly than they could be made
in type by composition, and the opera
ton OF punching the tape can Of course
be done more rapidly than type can be
set.
Mr.. j. e. Munson, the inventor Of the
machine, has also devised "A machine
through which the tape can to run and,
by an electric current, can reproduce it,
self at the other end Of the wire. In this
way "a newspaper could be produced
simultaneously IN any number Of towns.