The Elbert County tribune., 1903-12-03

succession passed
The .Fraser" and the "Brackelberg'
were similar In construction. with some
unimportant improvements.
4 machine invented by DR. Meckie.
of Warrington, England. was In use
in that country Tor quite n while. 1t
was worked like the others on the
piano key principle. but there its sim
ilarity ended. The process was very
elaborate and the action purely auto
matte. being governed by strips of per
foratcd paper. 1t consisted OF two
parts-thc perforator and the composer.
The perforator was tiny instrument
consisting OF fourteen keys, by means
of which narrow strips OF paper were
perforated. This passed over a drum.
and when certain pegs reached their
proper perforator they pushed out
type.
The "matrix compositor" was intro
duced by its inventor, ]. f. Sweat in
1867. 1t was designed to form mold
or matrix to stereotype from. thus
abolishlng movable types. By operat-
ing on the keys impressions were made
of the letters required in thick. soft
paper. from which plates were cast.
| The "E. Codignola" was n machine
for casting type. but both Of these last
were signal failures.
Almost every machine invented had
automatic distributors. all made to
work on similar princlples-that is. the
lines OF type passed along channel TO
n number OF levers. Each letter had
its own particular number of hicks.
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and distances on the back Of the type.
Each type passed along the channel
until Il came 10 the lever which CORE
sponded to Its nicks. when the lever
caused II TO drop into Its allotted chan
mel. The type was set out of these
channels An automatic machine
worked by clockwork was introduced
in Germany in 1879. II entirely failed
for the reason that It had no automatic
distributor II took three men TO sup
ply type for one machine. II was Won
derfully ingenious. however. Space
VIII not permit me to give description
OF its mechanism.
The Manifold invented by DR..
Alexander Maclie. was for setting
head lines for books, etc. Each letter
was placed in rows on the 1at and run
into brass tubes. When n line had to
be set many times the tube with the
first letter needed was placed on n gal
Icy. then the next. and so on. When
all the words were set the tubes were
Withdrawn. Distribution wns per-
formed by reversing the operation.
The "Kastenbein'' was used for years
on the London Times. the operator set
ting up the type as the copy was read
to hiEi by telephone from the House of
Commons Colts machine was another
ingenious device.
A machine which created n great stir
on Its introduction was the Hooker,
which appeared in 1850. This machine
had neither keys nor buttons. AS I'm
most other machines the types were
contained In troushs. and were extract
ed by the opening of small trough
which allowed them to fall upon NOV.
ing tapes that carried them to n collec-
tor 10 be built in continuous line to
be justified by hand. The discharge of
the letter was caused by nm electric
current passing through electro mag
nets corresponding 10 the troughs. A
wire from the battery brought the elec-
tric current TO the hand of the compost
tor. who touched the contact plates
with his stylus and completed the cir
cult through the electi J-magnct CORE
spending to the letter required.
This machine was followed by the
Tagerman. and later by the Windsor.
for which speed Of 1900 per hour
was claimed. The composer and dis
tributor were separate In the distri-
button the types were driven along sim
gly until they reached their own siding.
when they were shunted Into 1t out of
the way. When full they were cleared
into other slips and hung on hooks till
the composer wanted them, when they
were emptied Into the case. from which
they were shot by touching n key out
on band. which carried them TO n
metal landing place. where they were
collected by means OF nm iron finger
and LAUGHED to another band. on which
they rode for few inches on their
sides. Another contrlvance took every
type gently and put 1t on It's back, nick
uppermost. Presently the line reached
a stick and was justified as II set by
hand.
A machine was announced some time
ago. but Of which we hear no more,
that was to set typo by electricity. A
tape was prepared which ran through
the machine and passed over n steel
roller and under row Of ten steel
fingers. and by the rows OF holes pre-
pared in the tape electro-magnet com
munication is set up. Correction could
be made In the tapes.
Many other machines have been in
vented, all following in some particular
the general lines laid out in the fore
going. Those enumerated. however.
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