History of the Typewriter

—256— The Victor. This is a very good example of the present class of machines, and is strongly made and well finished. The types are mounted round the edge of the large central wheel, which rotates by means of the toothed Fig. 187. gearing at the far end of the index bar. The inking is by means of pads. The general operations are about the same as in all other specimens of this group. The World. This machine" is the invention of Mr. John Becker, of Boston, and has had a career of some ten or eleven years. It is the first cheap machine to meet with any considerable amount of favour, and it is said that within a year of its introduction upwards of 17,000 machines were placed on the market. Fig. 188. The types are of vulcanized rubber, and are mounted on the underneath side of a semi-circular plate, the types deriving their ink by passing over an ink pad at the rear of the machine. The general manipulation is identical with all other machines of this class.