Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 525
ral form andarrangements, in its finger-board, and in the position of the manuscript or rather proof The keys re-spond as easily to the touch, and the letters appear on the paper in front of the operator. The averagesize of this portable machine is two feet square, not much larger than a writing… … ception of the operation of laying on and taking oif the paper, being performed by a series of movementjresulting from the first motion given to the machine, and not requiruig the aid of hand labor to performthe work as heretofore. A portion of the standard frame is removed at one end. A A are the…
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