Lanston Monotype keyboard from 1897

Lanston Monotype keyboard from 1897; no serial number. Made at Lanston Monotype Corporation Ltd, Washington DC, USA. A mechanism for perforating a paper ribbon which is used for controlling a composition caster. The keyboard has one bank of key buttons. Other features include a mechanical accumulator made up of a line-length rack, unit wheel, swinging arm and key-operated stops. The widths of characters were added up as they were keyboarded. There is a dial made of paper on the front of the machine.

Details

Category:
Printing & Writing
Collection:
Monotype Corporation Collection
Object Number:
2024-451
Materials:
metal (unknown), paper (fibre product) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 1420 mm x 470 mm x 540 mm,
type:
composition keyboard