History of the Typewriter

—249— was offered for sale. Its general principles resembled the Simplex, but it presented a dial plate and other features. It is a pretty toy. The Hall. It would be almost impossible to say how many thousands of this machine have been sold. No machine is, or ever has been supplied with such an infinite variety of type. A specimen book before us shows type in Fig. 179. every European language, besides Hebrew, Hindustani, Sanskrit, Urdu, Arabic, and very many others. The Hall packs up into a very convenient box, and is, without doubt, one of the most useful of index machines. Its general principles are similar to those of the Morris. The Herrington was placed on the market in New York in 1886. It is the same machine as the Simplex. The Ingersoll. This, as a typewriter, is beneath notice ; as a toy, it may be mentioned. A series of blocks, each carrying a character, are strung through with a metal rod, which is bent in the shape of a double C. This rod Fig. 180. is supported on a base board at the corners of which are ink pads. The paper is laid (straight if it is straight, crooked if not straight) on the base board, and the blocks slid along the rod, pressed down to the ink pad, and then pressed on to the paper. The “ contraption ” might suit a child learning to spell, and that is all.