Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-29

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genious piece of mechanism. Il Is al
legged the machine will readily compose
II set $4,000 letters an hour 1t is doubt
full If the quickest typesetter will aver
age more than 2. 500 letters in the same
time which would give the new ma
chine working capacity equal to that
Of almost twenty compositors.
Like most of its predecessors, Father
Calendoli makes use of a keyb) BARD in
working his machine. Each key or but
ton represents a letter which responds
to the touch of The operator. As each
key is struck the corresponding letter
slips out and Is automatically arraaged
ready for justification. Here the SINH
larity between Father Calendolrs new
machine and those now in use ceases.
The old-fashioned typesetting machine
has each letter but once on it's key
board, and consequently the operator
has to touch the button just so many
times as letter is required. On the
aew machine there are numerous repeti-
tions of the same letter. which follow
one another in series like the octaves
on a plano. And as the performer en-
the piano can with one movement strike
a cord containing a number of notes, 50
compose entire words in an instant by
the simultaneous application of the
fingers of both hands. This is obviously
an enormous advantage over the ma
chimes in present use. which require that
| each individual key be struck with a
distinct move.
The question naturally occurs: How
is the word. the letters of which are
struck simultaneously. correctly com
posed? The secret of this is that so long
as the fingers rest pressing on the keys
none of the mechanism is put into mo-
ton. 1t is when the fingers are lifted
from the keys that the composition is
done. Thus, for instance, in the word
/ sea you strike it with one movement
of the left hand. Then the fingers are
lifted as the word is spelled. The ring
finger releases the letter s. the mid
die finger the "e." and the index finger
I the final "a" which completes the word.
This is. Of course, done with lightning
/ rapidity by the person accustomed -
It's use. The type used IN the new ma
| chine is considerably lower than the
/ ordinary printing type The foot of
each type is perforated by a Slot by
/ which it is slid on a movable T rail of
steel, thus being held absolutely secure
1 from falling out Uhen once in line. The
! type is supplied from vertical tubes ar
/ ranged after the fashion Of organ pipes.
/ At the foot Of each tube is bolt which,
] when open. picks up a type, which
/ drops into a narrow channel when the
! bolt is pushed back. The tubes contain
! ing the types are arranged in four
series adherIng to each other. All these
| tubes communicate through an ingen-
! tous electrical device with the keyboard
/ governed - the operator As the com
I position goes on the type slips down
over a bent rail and is arranged in long
standing galleys, which are removed as
soon as filled up. Justification, always
a source Of trouble with the Did ma
chimes, has been made q feature by
Father Calendoli. He has succeeded
/ by d simple but effective device. in ae-
i complishing this by the working OF
/ pedals under the machine. The opera
/ tor knows just exactly how long q
/ line he wishes, and can justify it to q
! nicely in the twinklins of an eye by
pressing the pedal with his foot. Cal
/ endolrs new invention looks very much
!; like a somewhat exaggerated upright
piano. He says it can be made for con-
/ siderably less money than any of the
machines now in use; also that its
mechanism is 50 simple any person Of
/ ordinary intelligence will comprehend
and use 1t in a couple of days
AS the type is now arranged on 1t. il
may be taken direct from the galleys
and locked UP for the press. thus dis.
pensing with stereotyping. The copy is
| ALWAYS in Giegbf rauIarfng correction