3-074-616 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Remington "Perfected" type-writer, 1883. 'No. 2 PERFECTED TYPE-WRITER. CAPITALS and SMALL LETTERS. A MACHINE to supersede the pen for manuscript writing, correspondence, &c, having twice the speed of the pen; is always ready for use, simple in construction, not liable to get out of order, easily understood. It is used in Government Offices, by Merchants, Bankers, Lawyers, Clergymen, Doctors, Scientists, &c. The writing is done by touching keys, and the manipulation is so simple and easy that anyone who can spell can write with it. It prints several styles of type, including capitals and small letters..."I have worked the machine for eight consecutive hours without more than ten minutes' interruption, and at the end of that time my hands were not conscious of the least fatigue"...In the preparation of manuscript for revision or for the press, the advantages of the type-writer over the pen are very decided...The work of the typewriter is fairly comparable to a printed proof, and may be overlooked and revised with the same facility, any necessary alterations being made by interlineation with a pen...BEEMAN and ROBERTS, Sole Agents, 6, King-street, Cheapside, London'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.