. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. in hundreds of forms has become within a few years almost un-limited, and this is due to a great extent to the many improvements madein the same. Among the most important was the introduction, by them, ofmetal-bodied rubber type, changeable like ordinary type, so that with onestamp and a quantity of type an endless variety of hand-printing may bedone. Probably the most important recent invention is Smiths PatentLever Self-inker, a self-inking stamp, using interchangeable metal-bodiedrubber typ
. King's handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive. in hundreds of forms has become within a few years almost un-limited, and this is due to a great extent to the many improvements madein the same. Among the most important was the introduction, by them, ofmetal-bodied rubber type, changeable like ordinary type, so that with onestamp and a quantity of type an endless variety of hand-printing may bedone. Probably the most important recent invention is Smiths PatentLever Self-inker, a self-inking stamp, using interchangeable metal-bodiedrubber type, as well as dating and other solid dies. It is practically manystamps in one, and is a simple, ingenious, and well-constructed piece ofmechanism. It is patented not only in the United States, but in severalforeign countries ; and the foreign trade already built up by this firm for thisstamp and their various lines of goods is evidence that Springfield waresare acceptable abroad as well as at home. Among the other noteworthyspecialties of this firm may be briefly enumerated their Bay State Seal. KINGS HANDBOOK OF SPRINGFIELD. 357 Presses, of which tons are sold yearly, and which are used in thousands ofpublic and corporation offices ; the Monitor Check Protector, a machinewhich punches a series of small round holes through the paper so as toform figures indicating the amount of the check; the Automaton CheckPerforator, another machine, having the same object in view, but finerin construction, and more costly; the Hinged-cover Inking Cushions,a simple and serviceable inking pad for rubber hand-stamps; the SteelWheel Numbering Machine, for paging books or numbering checks, cer-tificates, etc. ; the Automaton Self-inker,—sometimes called the TomThumb stamp; The Pencil Stamp, a neat little stamp made to fit on theend of a lead-pencil. Besides these specialties, a complete line of goodsused by metal and rubber stamp dealers is kept. Here many of the rubber-stamp makers get their
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