The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-12-12
THIBoDAUx, LA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER Il, 1885,

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handwriting for commercial purposes,
and which was the cause ef the rapid
substitution Of typewliting, applied
with equal force to the use of hand
writing in recording deeds. etc, liaine-
-ly, the greater amount OF snace re-
qnirsd Cor band- writing over that
necessary for printed or typewnhen
characters, he lack of uniformity in
tile characters when more than one
clerk is employed TO insetibe the rec
0ras, and the fact that handwriting
characters are less laail.ie than print
ed characters. Bat it has been iatpas-
sible. previous to the production Of
Mr.. Fishers machine. To combine sim
piicity of constructors. efficiency ef
operation, aud cEeafness Of nsanufae-
ture IN u single apparatus capable of
printing upon the leaves of bound
books.
The Fisher typewriting machine, tor
whlcIa stock company has been or
ganized, known as the Fisher Type
writer Company, doing business at
Athens, Tennessee, weighs less than
an ordinary ryIeariting machine, such
as those heretofore IN use for letter
writing, and yet it is capable OF use in
connection with the heaviest record
books employed in our comfy offices,
and by IT'S nse records can be n:epa.-
ed III printed characters. more com
pactly than in manuscript. and with
the SAME rapidity which has been IN
important factor in securing the pop
ularity of the standard typewriting
machines heretofore Oh the market.
Another cumine,lsiah!e fpatnte OF
the Fisher TYPEWRITER is that it can he
used as well for writing letters, briefs
invoicrs, and similar business papers,
as for writing in ledgers and similar
record books, thus adapting it for uni
versal use in correction with business
pursuits Of all kinds. Tie secret of
the simplicity and efficiency Of the
machine resides in tl,e fact that it
rests Il nn and is supported BY the
leaf which is to receive the impression
Of the type. The book is opened at
the desired page and the machine is
placed upon the surface thereof when
it is ready for manipulation without
further adjustment. A column OF any
desired width, either equal to or less
than the widtl, of rhe page. may be
formed, and during the eptire opera
tioh the line of writing is within view,
81 that in case Il wrong key is struck
it may be detected ut once and the
proper character substituted without
affecting the nnifs,ymity Of the recnr,l.
II you wisi, to write letter, the ma
chine is removed from the book and
placed upor /; base provided TO. its
reception, having Il paper-roll SINH
lar to. that which is used upon the
standard typewrlting machines, such
as the Remington aud Caligraph. aud
operated in manner somewhat simi-
lar. There is nothing III tile way of
clerical work, involving the prepara-
| tion of legal and commercial papels,
tven including the addressing of en-
| velopes aud postaI cards, tie endorsing
Of files, and the filing out OF blanks,
as in preparing deeds, transfers, rs
signments, leases, powers of attorney,
and orders OF all kinds, which cannot
be performed with facility and rapid
ty by neaus of this really wonderful
machine.
The linking ribbon which Mr. Fisher
has placed upon his machine forms a
| permanent record which can neither
be etfaced nor dulled by time nor by
actual washing and rubbing, the wri-
ter having seen Mr.. Fisher, thoroughly
sponge page Immediately after hav-
! ing printed an article thereon, without
III the slightest degree blurring the
characters.
| Mr.. Fisher did not construct this
complrte machine by a single
effort, bnt by i, series of success
sise Improvements upon the original
idea conceived by him several years
ago, and each embodiment of the me-
chanissn was covered. as it was deve,-
oped, BY United States patents. Also,
patents have been secured in the plin-
ciral foreign countries in which Tie
machine. IS liable to come into use.
/ aiessrs. G A, Snow C Co. OF
Washington. d. G., tie attorneys oil
Mr.. Fisher, will be pleased to tnsnisi;
copies af The drawings, specifications
an,! clalms OF the patents ;st Govern
ment cost of cents.
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