Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
and the letter B by these

q q u
Every time a letter is punched the
tape is moved along a certain distance
before another letter is punched This
distance depends ON the width oi the
letter, Thus, if the tape is moved
along o%ne-fourth OF an inch when the
letter g is punched out, it would be
moved along one-half inch when the
letter m is punched out, because the
letter m is twice as wide as the lettere e.
Spaces between words and all sorts OF
type character are allowed for in this
way. As the tape run ont Of the
punching machine an assistant meas
ures it of with a rule which is divided
up in sections which represent every
type character. The whole length OF
the rule represents the length OF a line
of type to Ill the page or column de-
sired, When the end OF the rule lands
near the eud OF a word 50 That by
thin spacing the remaining letters
would 20 into the line. enough holes
representing the ordinary thick spaces
between words are filled and replaced
by other holes representing thin spaces,
which are punched in by hand, in order
to allow the letters to come IN, II a
word IS to be divided a line of holes
representing the hyphen Is punched
N between the Syllables, and
lnen holeS representing spaces are
changed uh'lI the rule shows That the
me Is exactly spaced out. As the
spacing Is done automatically the
lines must all be OF the same length,
and thus the presSman will never be
obliged to insert a "Dutchman'' to
make a form lift
The tape is read by copy for errors.
The lines of holes which represent
wrong letters are filled, the correct
holes are punched, and the holes rep
resentlng spaces are changed until the
line is exactly full, When words are
left out the tape is cut apart and
heightened and the holes punched in.
Double words are corrected by filling
half the holes. At the end of each
line Il row OF holes representing a
quad to separate the lines for conven-
fence in handling is inserted. Then
the tape is run through a machine
which makes another tape with dupli-
cafe lines of holes, the lines being at Il
uniform distance from each other. This
tape is used to set the type.
Each type character has a reservoir,
ana the reservoirs are placed side by
side a series OF pointers are ar
ranged to simultaneously fly at the
bottom type in each reservoir. but y
series OF ten narrow, thin steel plates
intervene between the points and the
type lheSe plates nave rows OF little
hoIeS IN them and under certain cir
cunNIahce the holes getNnto such q
position that n OF the pointers passes
rHrough the plates and knocks a type
ouI u us reservoir The type
slluPS down a shoot and lands
I'D !he sick that Is ready to
receive II. Inc tape, ny means of an
electric current controls the little steel
plates. when the tape is put into the
tyPe,-SettlhS machine 1t passes over q
steel roller and under a row of ten steel
myers Inc roller IS connected with
a oat'ery' AS the type passes over the
roller the myers lind the rows of holes
INT drop INTO them. Each finger is
connected with a magnet, and each
imagine, win one OF the ten narrow
steel plates That keep the pointers from
TgacAlhg the type in the reservoirs.
"htn a row OF holes in the tape repre-
sentihg a character passes under the
Ihgers the myers above the holes drop
down ON the cylinder, a current of
electricity passes to the magnets, and
the magnets, thus influenced, draw
sucn 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
roach the type in the reservoir and force
It into the shoot leading to the stick.
Inc impulse plypn TO the Monitors 10
simultaneous with the action Of the