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Scientific American, Vol. 58, No. 4 (1888) (1888)

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MORRIS TYPE WRITER. The operation from the illustration and description will be clear, and will be seen to be simple, rapid, and We illustrate in this issue the Morris type writer. It effectual. The operator holds the little knob with the is a machine designed to supply the want so much felt… … As the carriage bearing the platen ap- THE MORRIS TYPE WRITER—GENERAL VIEW. proaches the end of its course, it rings an dressed to the Hoggson & Pettis Manufacturing Com- alarm bell to notify the operator. Forty-five charac- In 1885 he constructed or had constructed a number. ters, including the…

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