History of the Typewriter

— 175 — The “Stenograph." Fig. 132 of the ribbon for r ; and so on. Mr. Bartholomew (the in- ventor) writes phonetically, writing all consonants, initials and final vowels, omitting such vowels as are not essentially necessary for legibility. It may be well to let Mr Bartholo- mew speak for himself as to how he manages the spelling. He says, “ Any stenographer can easily determine what letter of a word it is necessary to write. In any arrangement I represent a word with each letter, and some few letters represent two words of frequent occurrence, in much the same way as they are used in shorthand, except I cannot write a letter above the line for one word and on the line for another. I have probably thirty word signs represented by the thirty-seven letters I make use of, and perhaps fifty other words are represented by less than the full number of consonants, h-w for when and h-t for what, and so on. There are something less tb^Ti 100 in all. Aside from these, in writing vowels, I spell out the consonants, of course, and I also write final vowels. I write the initial vowel where it is necessary for legibility or to distinguish words, as between attend and tend, apart and part, and so on. Writing the final vowel distinguishes between such words as part and party, and so on. Words that are alike in the consonants I distinguish by the vowels, as I have no positions to use in that way. For instance I write d-n for done, and d-i-n for dine or din, and if necessary to distinguish them I add the vowel on, as in common spelling, either the final vowel or in any other way.” The Anderson Shorthand Typewriter. This is a small typewriter designed especially for rapid work, having but a limited number of keys, arranged to be covered simul- taneously by the fingers of both hands, and enabling the operator to make good and rapid stenographic report on the typewriter itself. As will be seen, the characters are