History of the Typewriter

—238— pull over a small lever at the left of the machine. There is a back space key, and a tabulator, passing from point to point, eight stops being provided with the machine. The writing line is long, covering as it does eighty-seven characters. The carriage release is in duplicate, the change of line space is very simply effected. There is a feed roll release to permit of the insertion of a number of sheets, and the regular line spacing may be immediately thrown out of gear to permit of writing on ruled lines, etc. The ribbon is not reversed automatically, but requires the pulling in or out of the shaft governing the ribbon feed. The writing is certainly in full sight, the machine is a very fair manifolder, and taking it all round it is a reliable instrument. We also illustrate the type-bar movement of the “ Swift.” Stolzenberg. The continental name of the Oliver Typewriter. So called from the Stolzenberg File Co., who had the European representation of the machine. In 1906, however, a special company was formed to exploit the machine, which appears to be making marvellous headway throughout the continent. Stander, E. A German type-bar machine of the first group. It never reached the commercial stage, but its chief peculiarity was that it had only eight keys, means being provided, by the agency of moving the carriage, to ensure the desired character being brought to the printing point.