History of the Typewriter

----—-------—------- —215— FIG.3I56.J The illustrations show the machine in position for work, and also the machine closed up ready to go into its case. The price at which the machine sells, in America, is $50. It is not, at the moment of writing, represented in England, but we believe that arrangements are on foot for this purpose. The Emerson Typewriter. This exceedingly handsome machine, although not strictly coming within the present group, embodies so many of the features of the section that, standing as it does sui generis, its place appears to be here rather than in any other chapter. The typebars, it will be seen, are arranged in two rows, and on the depression of a key, the corresponding bar is swung forward to the platen, in very similar manner to the way a door is swung on its hinges. If one can imagine the two piles of type in the Oliver being laid on their sides, so as to strike the front of the platen rather than the top, the impression gained would represent the movement of the Emerson. It will be seen that this machine is fitted with twenty- eight keys, and as each key carries three characters, the repertoire of the Emerson is eiglity-four characters, worked