History of the Typewriter

— 151 — of the Crandall may be found, since the constant insertion of the pin will, in time, cause the sides of the holes to wear, and as the result, play of the sleeve becomes possible, and demoralised alignment necessarily follows. At the same time, it is but fair to state that the type-sleeves are replace- able at a very low cost (three dollars for the No. 2 and four for the No. 3 machine) and so this evil can be readily remedied. Quite a large assortment of type-sleeves is held in stock, from which a selection can be made ; and the various languages represented are Spanish, French, German, Swedish, Italian, Danish, Polonion, Russian, etc. In addition to these, a number of styles of English type can be had, either small, large or medium in size ; also italic, large and small, capitals and so forth. The ribbon works on two spools very similar to the Hammond and is supplied with an extra pair of spools for one dollar. Among the features of the machine itself, the following are said to be the most prominent. The type is instantly interchangeable. The carriage can be removed very easily, bringing away with it an un- finished piece of work. In the No. 3 the writing is absolutely in full sight. The machine is supplied with a simple form of carriage lock, but a release key is provided which enables a couple of further letters to be inserted to complete a word or make a convenient break. The line spacing is effected automatically with the return of the carriage. Manifolding and stencil cutting are executed with con- siderable ease and fineness. Should two keys be depressed simultaneously, neither will print, and the locking pin cannot enter the hole, and the type cannot, consequently, be brought down to meet the paper. No scale or pointer is necessary. Adjustable paper bands give any desired margin on any width paper ; paper of any thickness is taken. The writing line on the small carriage is eight inches long, and paper nine and a half inches wide can be fed into it. The total number of parts does not exceed 500, the number of keys is twenty-eight, governing eighty-four characters. The key-tops are of celluloid, with inlaid characters. The machine is very compact and portable, and light in proportion to its size.