Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1859 — New Type Setting Machine. [ARTICLE]

New Type Setting Machine.

Mr. Hattersley, a Manchester engineer,, has invented a new type composing machine , of which the English journals speak favorably. The machine includes a regnlar composing stick, and as the tvpejapproaches the end of the line a bell gives warning, the stick is detached with a touch, and the sole compositor spaces the line, returns the stick, and resumes his rapid task. The instrument works by the pressing oi keys, which through lev°rs discharge the types as wanted down grooves direct into the stick. The keys, which are arranged ,1 ike those of a concertina, lie in a space of thirteen inches in length by seven in depth, and closely imitate the movements by which type is set by ha id. The economy claimed to be effected by the employment of this machine may be judged by the following calculation: the composition of the advertisement sheet of the London Times, of eight pages, costs about $217; by Mr. Hatteisley’s invention it is stated that the same amount of’ work, can be done for 4, making a yearly saving of $45,225.