History of the Typewriter

—267— to circles, was said to be possible, and tabular work capable of ready execution. , , . i ■ Our illustration is of the smaller or shorthand machine and the larger machine took very much the same shape. Dactyle. The name, in France, of the Blickensderfer. Defi. An alternative name for the Eagle Typewriter (which see). Draper. Sears, Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, “ haying made a contract with the manufacturer ” of the machine known in this country as the Chicago, “ by which they agreed to take the largest number of machines ever contracted tor bv any concern in the world,” advertised it in 1906 under the above title at the price of $18.73, say £3 18s. English money. Duke Typewriter.—This machine is at present un- marketed, although we understand efforts are being, or have been, made to influence capital in this country. It is the property of the Duke Typewriter Co., of Little Rock, Arkansas, and possesses some extremely curious and highly developed features. It consists of practically Fig. 194- three parts, one being the keyboard, and type-ba.i mcchnnism, another being a. table with suitable rails and guides there on, so that when the operative part is used, it travels