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 362
-pire machines are successful exam-ples. The Thorne has an uprightcylinder on top of the machine, con-taining channels for the type. Theoperator manipulates a keyboard,and each touch of a key releases atype from its channel, and it slidesby gravity to its place in the line.The lines are pushed out… … THE THOKXE TYPE-SETTINGMACHINE. 354 WONDERS OF MODERN MECHANISM. responding to the form of a type-channel, the type all fallinto their appropriate channels as the cylinder carryingthem comes around. The Empire is somewhat similar, but employs a separatemachine to do the distributing, the type being…
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