Type-setting Machines

In tj-pesefting .machinery.the application of,iec)3aflio;iftithe art tof printing is reaching a cnJknination.. It is stated that düringJ the last "twetíty years upward óf $9,060,000 has been 'expended In bringing the art of setting typ? ;yy ïnachlnery up to its prespnt State.. Now, for all plaift w&, Jypesettuig machines af avaffeíble. . ía the London Times office a curious arrangei ment has been adopted for the cotnposition of the ítenogflápRfc notes of the parliamentary reports in "thé 'house'of tommoná, in which typesetting machines play an importaat part.,., The stenagraphic notes, are read to the operators, of the machines, lnstead of belng transcribed, as was formerly the case.. Men,tc6elephofleUbti the house of conimpns read thiepe, notes.. to men stationed at receivers in the Titftes icomposing room, who in turn readitiem tothe typesetter. -In his iway -thse notes can he got tip in tvpe' alrttöst as rapiaiy as tliêy could be transnihi-il by an expert typeHvrlteV,' awfl it is sa'hi'that the numljer qf eirors't'fiat creep jn are aót so iniiü.Ton au to ma'ke t.Uo werk of correcting proof müeh greate'r tnan , by the old system, while a considerable saving in time and espease ts effected. ii ■ . - i