The hall type-writer

• Book ID: 104134452
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1883
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 393 KB
• Volume: 115
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(83)90013-3

✦ Synopsis

The machine herewith illustrated by a perspective view and tw(~ sections, represents a new and much simplified form of type-writer, invented by Thomas Hall, and made by the Hall Type-Writer Company of New York. The machine is very compact, and the mechanism by which its work is performed is quite ingenious.

The machine is enclosed in a box 17 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 3 inches deep, and as the total weight is only 5½ pounds, it will be seen that it is very portable. The perspective view gives a fair idea of the apparatus, when standing on a table, with the box opened, anc[