History of the Typewriter

—184— Fig. 138. The latter being wide, always hid the last few letters, and thus vitiated the claim of the machine to visible writing. The Prouty was not a commercial success, and its very name is now almost forgotten. These points are, however, of little importance compared with the novel arrangement of the type-bars, which for the first time, are made to lie on their backs, with type upward, and herein lay the important feature which was, after many years, to be seized upon as the greatest advance in modern ideas. The Daugherty. The general appearance of the Daugherty is shown by our illustration. The keyboard, it will be noticed, is of the single shift variety. The end of the key lever—which is pivotted towards the centre—is shaped with a , or Jaw-shaped opening. The type-bar is shaped and the hook of the bar engages in the jaw at the end of the lever. On the latter being depressed, the underneath portion of the jaw meets the bent portion of the bar (which is pivotted at the bend), and forcing it upward, throws the type end of the bar forward on to the platen. The type reaches the platen through a type guide and alignment is thus secured. The Daugherty is seven inches high, thirteen long and