. American engineer and railroad journal . of the columns of figures, andthese mav be changed at any time. Supported in a case inthe rear of this bar are a number of plungers, anv one ofwhich mav be drawn forward horizontallv bv means of thecorresponding push button at the front of the machine belowthe keyboard. ITnon pressing one of the push buttons thepinion which holds the carriage In the ordinary working ofthe machine is disengaged and the carriage moves along underthe impulse of the main carriage spring, which constantly January, 1900. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 29 urges it t
. American engineer and railroad journal . of the columns of figures, andthese mav be changed at any time. Supported in a case inthe rear of this bar are a number of plungers, anv one ofwhich mav be drawn forward horizontallv bv means of thecorresponding push button at the front of the machine belowthe keyboard. ITnon pressing one of the push buttons thepinion which holds the carriage In the ordinary working ofthe machine is disengaged and the carriage moves along underthe impulse of the main carriage spring, which constantly January, 1900. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 29 urges it toward the left. The push button at the same time proper distance away for the first figure of the desired number. projects its plunger forward into the path of the stops, and If it is 100, the carriage stops three spaces away, and four ihe motion of the carriage Is arrested by the stop at the point spaces if it is 1, by the push button, which has been operated. For It will be noted that no hand setting of the machine is re-.
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