Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — A CURIOUS ADDING MACCHINE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A CURIOUS ADDING MACCHINE.

Below is shape of an adding machine oQiMtted by the mouth, which the Inventor claims Is capable of rapidly and accuTfttely summing up columns of figures and recording the totals of the Indicating dials. Only three levers are Used ID operdting the mftt iiiiri-MMie so? each lip and the third aeiuuted 'by' 'th* tongue. The whole apparatus la very small ahd lf^ht'and can be in u cose in the pocket' Vltlibut inCorirenienee. Instead f of, j( flrojnpu»fl M tW, names of the figures,, Jn adding them the Inventor link supplied h 'combination of syllafilep, of which the proper ibm/VWeoMp given to the tougue and lips to produce the re--qutred motion t»f (be ICrers. The figures from life ate Indicated respecV -

lvely by the syllables “ftp?* "up*-) of,T- .“upujii,’’ j; “ptli,“ “pfetl),” “uiH'ti.V "upthof” and ‘‘upthup.” .In pronouncing “of” only thc lip Uioviep and the under lever is moved forward one notch; lu, pronouncing “up” both lips move, and both levers uiove forward: one notch. When five is reached the pronounclation of “eth” moves the tongue ansi causes the tongue lVUer td move forward five points, while the’ use of “uptbup" will move both Jlps twice and the tongue once to add nine on the machine. A little practice will enable the operator to work his machine rapidly and yet without sqund, the syllables being formed ty it lx nit speaking. To place the machine in position tlie handle is grasped In one hand, the levers placed In the mouth and the rest adjusted to the bead just beneath the eyebrows. William G. Swan, of Detroit, Mleh., is the Inventor. I i bill I \> I

TONGUN AND LIPS OPERATE THIS COM-PUTATOP.