History of the Typewriter

-bl - paradise. The sides and front were all cased in, with the result that the rattle and jar of the movement were magni- fied, and sounded very much like a tightly braced kettle- drum. In the Sholes-Glidden, the inventors seemed to have been imbued with prophetic instinct, for a lid was provided to the keyboard which, when closed, prevented tampering fingers putting things out of joint. This lid was continued in the No. i Remington, and the makers of the latter went one better, for they also provided a top lid which covered in the whole upper portion of the instrument. Fig. 40 The platen of the two machines was very large in dia- meter. The type used was also small. The object was to ensure an evenly-coloured impression, as the art of curving or hollowing out the type faces, in order that they might conform to the shape of the platen, had not then been discovered. Of the c luses which led to the extinction of the No. 1 we have already had something to say. As its defects gradually became manifest attempts were made to improve upon them, and this led to the making of the model shown herewith. It will be seen that a decided step forward was mack?. True, this intermediate model had only capitals, but the machine was lower and more convenient. The four posts which support the top plate have no surround- ing shields, the ball and pulley cord for returning the carriage is clearly shown, and its operation is so evident as to need