The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 184
A, PLAIN VIEW OF TYPE ARMS ; B, FACE OF TYPE MAGNIFIED. alphabet was reduced to eight characters. Every letterknown to the English language is composed by these eightlittle marks in a manner wondrously simple, when you Fig. .38. … ROGEIUS .S TRANSMITTER. see how it is done. These eight characters are arrangedon radial arms, and .so attracted by magnets that theystrike combinations giving the different letters, which arepunched in a tape connected with the typewriter. The 15* 176 WONDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM. tape is then run…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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