The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19
Fiske, Detired,
Invehts Device to
Advance Reading

ono Of the most prolific inventors
NJ devices for Increasing the efflci-
oucy of the art OF war Rear Nd
miral Bradley a. Fiskc, has turned
his inventive genius 90 the literary
field ana has produced an instru-
mcnt designed TO revolutionize the
reading ~ books. rnd. if Admiral
FiskoF Ideas are carried out. the
production OF tabloid newspapers
and magazines which will make the
present so-callcd tabloid periodicals
look Ike great blanket sheets.
Admiral Fiskc. now retired bus
SIN fun ~ enthusiasm IN his re-
searches IN the field Of invention
and scientific discovery. is the In
vculor uf the Fiskc range finder for
use ON big guns. the wireless control
NJ moving vessels the torpedo air
plane ana many other Inventions
now iu use. 1iia naval telescope
sight for guns. which has been
adopted by tho uavics ~ the world,
has produced a revolution In naval
gunnory lie has received q number
~ awards for his inventive work
and is the author OF several books
dealing with naval affairs and in
yeutlons.
His newest device is called the
/ Flskc reading machine It's prOduc.
/ tiOn was the outErOwth of an effOT.
on Admiral Fiskc's part TO create
an cusy way or reading without TOO
great a strain on the eyes. Tho ma
. chine is "a tiny affair. II consists OF
/ "a light frame of aluminium, which
| carries strip Of paper containing
/ reading matter whose characters
/ have been roduaFd by photo
. FH .HE fI 10 De-
hmdrodth of the size OF ordinary
] typowrittou characters. A lens sur
mounts the frame, and through this
| the characters are magniNcd 80 as
/ to bc easily read, a roller attached
| to the frame is moved by the fore
/ finger to bring the reading matter
/ steadily In line with tho eye. The
| whole device weighs little more than
| five ounces ana is intended 20 be
| used with ono hand, IL can he car
|.ried In the coat pocket without caus-
/ ing a bulge. The instrument is six
| and a quarter inches long, one and
soyeu-oighths wide and only a quar-
| ter OF an inch thick.
Admiral Fiske has produced this
| machine in the idea that tho strips
| containing reading matter will be
/ photo-enEravod In greatly reduced
| size from typewriter manuscript.
/ As the machine is made each of tho
| strips, little longer than the instru-
mcut Itself and narrower than its
/ less than two inches OF width, car
/ ries ten thousand words and, II
/ printed on both sides, five OF the
/ strips will give reading matter equal
/ to that contained in the average
| novel Tho Bible, II printed on these
| strips, could be conveniently carried
in the pocket of mans coat with
| out making an unsightly bulge.
Some advanced ideas as to the
| changes his machine may make in
| the preparation and distribution Of
/ reading matter are held by Admiral
| Fiske. lie has obtained estimates
| which lead him to believe that TO-
| 600 copies OF book containing
! 100000 words could be produced
for cents each. An ordinary book,
| magazine or weekly periodical,
printed by his process, could be sent
through the mails for | cent. Ad-
miral Fiske claims that the cost OF
manufacturing periodicals and
newspapers would be so lessened
that they could be given away II
advertisers continue to pay present
rates. Books. and periodicals will
be so small If printed for the Fiske
] ma 'illlt 'HdN lIty 'dIl W ulalIIoutth
in large quantities by airplane. The
amount Of paper used. according to
| Admiral Fiske's estimate, will be So
/ greatly reduced that the cost of
printing would be about ono-sixtieth
of the present cost Comprehensive
books Of reference like encyClope-
dias and dictionaries, as well as the
Bible and the works of shakespeare
aud other prolific authors, viii be
sold at prices much lower than at
present, II Admiral Fiske is able To
carry out his plans.