New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
WRITES AND ADDS.
Remington Typezciter Equipped
zrith Remarkable Ne1o IfEOention.


The history of modern labor saving invenuon
has been 2 remarkable one in every department
ana IN none more SO than in the neId Oh 0illoe
and general clerical work. The great sequence u
inventions in modern office labor saving began
with the advent of the first typewriter. the Rem
fngton. in 1879; it continued with the ap-
pearance of the first adding machine In the early
COS and it may be said to have reacheo aus
elimination in the announcement just hiade pS
one of the typewriter manufacturers tadt tiieii
machine is now ready for sale equlppeo win Ga
adding attachment The machine in question is
the new model II Of the Remington Typewriter
equipped with the new Wahl Adding ana SUD
tracing Attachment the latter beng the nrst
appliance of its kind that has ever been attacheo
TO general writing machine In view OF the
fact that the Remington was the original ana
pioneer typewriter is fitting that 1t should elso
be the pioneer in this and important Held Oh
labor saving.
The. combined typewriter and adding machine
covers a field which is not covered elther oy tne
writing machine alone by the adding machine
alone It's special purpose is for every kino OF
clerical work where both writing ana addlng are
done on the same page To the held OF writing
and the field of adding the new Remington" " am
machine now adds the combined field Of writing
and odding The enormous amount Of such work
which IS done in the business world to-day re-
ouires no description TO any one in the Ieast
familiar with billing systems. with BANKING "Ork
or with general accounting work in any line OF
{
adding machine both writes and adds at oRe
ope-atior IS the real secret of its time saving
and IT is this capacity which opens up new ana
fmrneasurable opportunities for the economy OF
labor in office work
The model OF the Remington to which the new
UabI adding mechanism is attached is the new
model IL generally known the Remington Dill
ing typewriter which only recently placed Oh
the market All of the new and remarkable I'M
movements which were introduced on this mooel
nF .
combined writing and adding machine The "ahl
attachment which consists of two parts an
sctuatiug mechanism and "totalizer or record
ing mechanism, is located on the front "a 'e
ton nIate The attachment occupies but hIIe
snace and is never in the way when the type
writer is being used for purposes OF Ordinary
,-ri.i,,e. In fact one Of the merits OF the ne"
machine IS that il may be used as "Ii'iAe
machine alone or adding n1achlhe sloner 0I
as "a combined writing and adding machihe' al do
the operator Wills ...-.,+ q,
che Bennington Typewriter breaks fresh ground IN
mechanical labor saving. Its most notaOle cHai ~
teristic is that It permits both writing anu uIs
not only on the same sheet but at ae eH"'0 ~ OPu
.soz The new Wahl Attachment of the Refnlhstoi
,eo,,ires no speciaI operating mechanism as tnF
adding is all done by means OF the regular isu'
KEYS of the typewriter The time ana laoo[ saHinS
lies in the fact that in combined wr1ting ana auu9
n is no longer necessary to do the writing on Ohe
,ocbfne and the adding on another, as both opera
1ions are now combined in the same mechanism:
rrta machine Is not limited 10 the mere ADDING OF
a single column. AS many different columns may
he written and added the same sheet as the
naper will hold. Another new feature or the REM
tnptoY,yyabl machine is that It suttracts mecnan-
3calIv the same keys being used in the same way
whether adding or subtractins. The subtractns
feature operates on much the same principle as te
reversing lever OF locomotive. This feature also
gives the new machine wide field OF practlcal
,,saf,1ness in all kinds of billing and accounting
work.
The remarkable series of inventions IN the held OF
labor saving office appliances which a single gen
Grafton has witnessed would seem to nave feacheo
t+ ,1r,ps+ion in this new machine. It hard
10 conceive how there be many more WORDS
10 conouer" in this department OF human activity
hut if there be any such. it is certain that human
ingenuity Will find the way.