History of the Typewriter

— 144 — To change one type shuttle for another, the anvil is raised until the type shuttle web clears the end of the shuttle arm, when the web of the shuttle can be drawn forward out of the groove in the anvil and another shuttle put in place. As each shuttle contains a complete alphabet the variations that are possible are very numerous, and are constantly receiving additions. The margin is set by means of a margin block at the rear of the machine. Should it be desired to make any marginal note outside the margin, means are provided whereby this can be readily done. Cards or paper of any width can be written upon, and a very useful adjunct to the machine is a back spacing key, which carries the carriage to the left, and thus permits any desired position to be readily obtained. Among the minor conveniences which the No. 2 Hammond presents to its patrons may be mentioned a paper guide, for securing the straightness of margins- the line space can be regulated to four degrees, as against three only m all other standard machines ; the paper can be very readily fed upward and laid on the erasing plate should it be desired to make corrections ; the force of the blow of the hammer can be increased when it is desired to make carbon copies or mimeographic stencils • the ribbons may be removed and others substituted’ very readily; and a great number of little points not found m other machines are presented in the Hammond. Owing to the peculiar nature of the escapement, it is impossible to pile up letters one on top of the other at the end of a line, and the same feature prevents the space-bar to be written across it. However irregular an operator may be in his fingering, the print on the Hammond is always uniform. It is this uniformity which distinguishes Hammond work from all others. nf JL ‘t* Ideal and Universal forms o the keyboard the Hammond is now supplied in a Clergyman s style, giving a wider space between the letters, and with an extra wide carriage. There is akn the Greek Hammond which, employing as it does 120 types, is, perhaps, the most complete typewriter at present on the market. p benL An improved model embracing a number of entirely new features, e.g., perfectly visible writing, two colour ribbon, etc., was issued in 1906.