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Show BI-XSITIVE MACIHaN'KS. TYPEWPITCrS AnE JEALOUS Ol' THEIH IHSTnUMCNTS. lhjr tl ! Thai Ilin I (pert Manlpttaler ol ll,e Krja ef II." Milling ai.tlilB. Ale I'arlKular tk.til II.. uu tfTl.rlr lri.tltr--llnl'rr. Trrl aillri Stories lnnmuernUn hare uocn tcld rrlfttlvo la the engineer nnd tho ayin. patliy existing I. twren him mil Ida I. co-motive co-motive Vrnvefonsvirltcra hate recl(fl in aingular talea In evhlch tlin crgineer'a Biij- retlUon mind nml the lorfltnotive ahnjet animal lntinct have Ni-it the chief nnd 1 vll.lerln,- featnmc Hu. the remarks of n girl typcnrlter the o'lur day ojn nn nlniont limitle Held of thought nnd ilisuMslou nud dlatiorsn new Rubjrct for the dlaurtatlon of pay-choluglcal pay-choluglcal student. ".My typewriter Is Intelligent," sohl thu hnnan typewriter, rcferriug hi her mechanical friend. "That K, I underatnnd It nnd It under. stands rno. Inuuhlntlend It to anyone. any-one. It' a scnalliie little thin;, nnd It rvMntmciit at l?ing laiticd out would soon 1-9 m inifcstrd to mo when 1 nguin attemptcil to naa 1L .skillful tyw-wrlliin tyw-wrlliin are ajtremely Jealous lu the caro of thdr liitntmcnt. Ihavasov. ersl veryilinr frlcmlt engage-1 In the s.inobtiiliie, )ernot ouo could obtain the uso of my h powritcr, nnd I nm confident con-fident they could not bo Induced tu lend ino theirs." Investigation shows there statements to 1 correct Those who luno their own machines never lend thi n oven for titnpnrary uac, whllo In largo oilier, v hero the linn funtb.li tho liiatrutuenta, carh of iho latter has n certain operator, and lioonotlac iaalloueHlltaliKo. rnncl-fttl rnncl-fttl aslhe Idea Is that tho ?roalo writing machlno aliould reaeiuble tho violin In its readiness to reapoud to fumilhtr hinds and It ccnauiucnt rol-ll!tm at Uiug uecl hy strangers, Ihero ll no doubt in the iiilndsof tho tyjwuritcra iu to its bo-Ing bo-Ing a 1..I011111 nml important fact. " Whatever tho re'iwon,H said the impcr. lntendeut of an i-atablUhtnrnt where typewriters aro sold, "a machlno Hint has been conatnntly uacil by a certain Itreon Is ruinctl for that iierson by iomo ono elao's um of It. litis refer to ox Irt tnw riler thoeo who do mich work and whoso constant prnctlco lias tlcveloi! n remirkahlo rate of ejaviL Ui pronounced las thla m itdon licromo and so luxuriantly has Iho I lea llourUhed thit typewriters aro usually furnished in cnbiaets tluit can bo locked und aro thenseenro from molestation. I know of no explanation for this queer stato of affairs. Maclilnc nre mado by tho dozen the pieces that form tho machine aro mado by tho hundred, act each complete com-plete mechanical t) m ritor has w hat Is known as a diathict 'touch.' "An it ritor nay try tcvernl mi chine licforo sho finds one to her "Uu-, and when aho does no othi r will she iilc An oxjicriuicnt was onto mado for tho puriwte of teetliij this. An ojienitor of n particularly rcnaltlto ond uenona tctricrainent, and who was particnbttly anno-lng h- her complaints rcgardtntf the nao of her typev. riter by other, was blindfolded amltrted in rapid ancccMdon fifty different niachlne uf tho same make. To every one's aurprlto sho so-lectcil so-lectcil tho ono eho had been lu tho habit of mlng." Few ieolQ know tho amount of manual man-ual labor Involved in a Uay'a tyjicwrit-liij tyjicwrit-liij or rcallxo tho dbtinco the hands trat el in n day's work, rrobuby few of tho tvpowriters themselves npprcclato it. ct the Ir lean Is coicr adiatanco they wocld no cr think of cot cring with their legs unless nesalty comiiclleil It- The ldghest rato of rreod err attained at-tained li S00 words n minute. This Is supposed to be tho result of tho most rapid movements tho human band aro capable of Tho person making this record maintained this speed for only fonr consocutlvo minutes, and ho ncicr bn aldo to exceed that limit. Assuming Assum-ing tho v. ord at crago six letters npUi e, l.'.ixi letter a iiiinuto were written. It la cetirnatod that to inako pjuh lettee Iho ringers aro ralte-1 a height of two Inches from tho keylionrd Two inches nddtl (for tho descending inoiemcnt) inako tho finger travel four Inches ho foro each letter Is atruck. ho this expert's ex-pert's hind in writing tlicao'.UOiconls tracled s.HOD inches, or 4(0 ft, elnr-lng elnr-lng tho mluuto lu which ahowrutoSOO words. Dut this Is unusual, of course. Very rapll writing la nsprod of icvcnty-fio wonls a minnte, und this rata is too fast for comfort. Practical work Is ten Iges of legal poiicr an hour, Koch lugo contain .UM words. Six hours' stead) writing can bo rcganled a au entira clay's work. This Is n speed of fifty words a minute, and tho practical prac-tical orker writes during tho day sixty Iwges-lO.IHiO words, or 1U3.OU0 letter. If her linger trawls four Inches to make inch Utter, during tho day It travel .',000 Inches, Thla pro ides for the perpendicular motcincnt only, aud it Uftlr to Increase, this elibtance li) ono-thinl to estimate tha dutauce tho hand travel ot or tlio keyboard key-board In a horizontal direction. This totul sum In Inches is S'COUO. This Is ninltalcnt tu 49,VHO fret, or n little oicr iilno miles nday. Inak tho hands can cour llft)-futir miles, and In a rira steady n 1 llcallun to business oerS.80O miles. bo thoengaryotthamalonndfemalo tipewriters can lu n largo mcasnro bo cxcMud nud their prefereiico for their teipccthu machines uccountcd fur. Now Vork Itecordcr. |
