History of the Typewriter

—289— impress the five bars on the paper in such a way that when a sheet of music is copied it forms five distinct continuous bars. The shift drum is operated by means of a shift-key, and shows to the operator what signs he is actually writing ; that is to say, whether he is using a quaver or semiquaver, etc., or ordinary lettering, or music and lettering combined, which latter quality should make it a boon to composers and musical authors. As regards general appearance, the size of the instrument is the same as that of the ordinary typewriter, of which it has all the advantages as regards making carbon copies, speedy writing, etc. Of course, hand-copying and copying out of scores is done away with by this new machine, which has already gained, as we are told, a strong hold on the market. World Flash Co., The, of Chicago, took out a patent for a machine which is stated to have resembled the Reming- ton in many respects, but that instead of the depression of the key causing the connecting wire to bring the type- bar into position for printing, the bar was set in motion by means of an electric current derived from a battery in connection with the machine. The World Flash does not appear to have endured, and certainly it never found its way to these realms.