. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. 894. REMINGTON TYPEWRITER. Vertical transverse sec-tion of the No. 3 machine, showing the arrangement of the keys, key levers, and the upper part ofthe main frame of themachine is arranged aring to which areclamped loops in whichare pivoted the typearms
. Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries. 894. REMINGTON TYPEWRITER. Vertical transverse sec-tion of the No. 3 machine, showing the arrangement of the keys, key levers, and the upper part ofthe main frame of themachine is arranged aring to which areclamped loops in whichare pivoted the typearms. There are inthese machines as or-dinarily constructedfrom 38 to 42 typearms, each one bearingat its free extremity a diehaving on its face twocharacters, an upper and a lower-case type, figures, and punctuationmarks. The type arms are pivoted relative to the ring so that thecharacters which they bear all strike exactly in the same place. Thetype arms have hardened steel pivots which are ground to a bearing,thereby insuring accuracy in the movement of the MISCELLANEOUS DEVICES. 349 As shown, each type arm is connected by an adjustable steel wireconnector with the key lever pivoted at the back of the machine andprojecting beyond the front, where it is curved upwardly and providedwith a finger piece or key bearing the character or characters representedby the type arm with which the key lever is connected.
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