The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ged to direct his energiesto its development, and, leaving all other undertak-ings, devoted himself exclusively to the July 1,1874, the first instru-ments were pla
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ged to direct his energiesto its development, and, leaving all other undertak-ings, devoted himself exclusively to the July 1,1874, the first instru-ments were placed on the six months, 400 had been the early part of 1876, Mr. Yost,with three expert mechanicians,went to Cincinnati to establish abusiness, and sold 100 proved defective in work-manship, and in less than sixmonths seventy-five per cent, ofthe entire lot had been repeatedlyunder the repairers hands. BothYost and Densmore were exasper-ated, and sought a remedy. Themachine had been exhibited atthe Pentennial Exposition in Phil-adelphia in 1876, and samples ofwork had been scattered, with anabundance of advertising, in allparts of the world, creating sur-prise wherever seen. Every avail-able patent connected with the typewriter was se-cured, either by purchase or otherwise. Seeing,during the years 1876 and 1877, about 3,000 ma-chines in use, bi^t with a universal complaint from. the purchasers that they were not to be dependedupon, it wa^ determined to utilize some of the manypatents held, and quietly start a rival name of Caligraph was adopted, and thenew machine duly christened. Densmore was ataciturn, conservative man; Yost was enthusiastic tothe last degree, and remarkably gifted with inspiringothers with his own thoughts and views. Matterswere at a very low ebb when, in the summer of1879, Mr. Yost selected Franz Wagner, a skilledGerman mechanic, and under his direction the firstmachine on the opposition plan was duly constructed.
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