Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-07-21
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NO MORN. TYpEWRTrERS
10 lie $uppianted by the Phonautocr;,f,j
Letter Writing Machine.


In bringing his elolution to bear upon
the evolution and perfection of a ma
chine which he calls the s'phonauto-
graph" a. C. humble, an inventor Of
San Francisco, did not intent to snatch
the bread and pie from the mouths of
the pretty typewriter girls, but if his
invention IS what he claims it to be i.
may have Just such disastrous effects.
The combined art Of stenograply and
-ypeWriting is doomed, for the merci-
less mechanism of Rumble's machine
supplants both Of these commercial
accomplishments at once fell swoop.
In word, the business man may die,
tate his letters TITO one end of the in
yention and pull them cut ready
to mail. The model of KumbIe's ma
| chine, which no Que but himself and
/ mis- financial hackers is allowed TO ia
| spcct has been likcncd to a cash reg
lister. You press the button, talk into
the receiver and he phonautograph
/ does the rest.
Projecting from the upper part Of
the machine is mouthpicce connect
ing with revolving cylinder similar
TO that used III the phonograph The
Impressions Of the haman voice arc re
corded upon the cylinder the same as
in the Edison inv cntion. Back Of the
receiver Is travelling needle for reg
Waiting the cylinder in recording the
remarks according 10 the sile Of the
paper on which they are to be repro
dnced in writing. When full of words
the cylinder is transferred to the lower
part OF the machine and placed on
rollers, above which is supply Of
paper for receiving the language
small storage battery furnishes the
electric tluid for translating the sounds
into manuscript No ink is used and
consequently the machine is not CON-
PEELED to stop and swear at blots The
written characters arc produced in a
bod, round hand by chemical action,
but thai /. another Of the secrets Of the
invention.
One dozen ordinary letters may be
dictated to the cvlinher, which holds
office secrets inviolatc. The button Is
then pressed and the pnonantograph
does its work, tranacribing the letters
with neatness and dispatch, while the
merchant OF lawyer is out al lunch OF
talking business i'll the front office
From roll of paper the sheets are fe.i
automatically to the cylinder, which, as
soon as it has finished one letter, gocs
on with tho next, correcting bad gram
mar, but egelling entirely by sound.
When written lhe sheets slide cut
through slit at the bottom Of the box.
The touch of button will stop the
operator at any point. Owing TO the
of the phonautograph to wres-
tie with the diphthong, the silent let
ter, the capital and the elusive semi
colon the dictator is compelled TO re
Tise his pondcnce, but that is.
generally done anyhow, even with high
salar1ea secretaries. TransIating seems
to be chs phonautogIap great 5pe.
cialtY, even Enough it is little shy or
spelling. The written characters re-
sem0lc those made by the electric pen
and arc of DARK BROWN color. Another
fault Of the machine, aside from It's,
wratched spelling, is that ii will not re-
produce figures, but insists on spelling
out the numbers as spoken This, with,
The other defects, MI. Rumbla hopes to.
remedy in the course OF time.