Accession Number: 2004.139
Summary/Description: A 4-page issue that includes a brief article on the second page, column 2, about a new "Writing Machine for the Blind," invented by Mr. Thurber of Norwich, Connecticut, called the Mechanical Chirographer. It was designed for blind users and embossed raised letters on paper. According to the article the machine was identical to one invented in 1838 by C.H. Eisenbrant of Baltimore.
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2004.139
Publisher: Dobbin, Murphy, & Bose
Publisher Place: Baltimore, MA
Publish Date: March 3, 1846
Subjects: Inventions Mechanical writing
Physical Description: 1 issue ; 28 x 22 in. Vol. 93, no. 16293
