Electric Typewriter.
f Latest piece of office equipment j to be driven by electricity successj fully is the typewriter. It is claim- ; ed of an American machine in | Christchurch that an average typist can double her speed on this machine, which wi'l type 29 readj able copies at once with no greater |. effort than is required for one copy. [ The standard mechanism obviates j the 'difficult typists have experienced with other machines in tripping the keys unin entionally. The 1 keybcard, which is at a reduced | angle, is "nlayed" — not struck. At j each side of it there is a large key ! which shifts the carriage to the i right after a line has been typed, making it unnecessary for the typist to remove her hands from the keyboard.
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 April 1949, Page 4
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129Electric Typewriter. Chronicle (Levin), 30 April 1949, Page 4
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