The Penny Magazine

Magazine

Accession Number: 2002.125

Summary/Description: This disbound issue of the weekly magazine, pp. 105-112, contains an article on pp. 111-112 titled "Alphabets for the Blind." The article notes the "comparative merits of Mr. Lucas's (of Bristol) stenographic alphabet" and includes an illustration of the alphabets of Alston and Lucas. "The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" --front page. Some yellowing along edges.

Publisher: Charles Knight & Co.

Publisher Place: London, England

Publish Date: March 24, 1838

Subjects: Alston's type. Blind. Lucas type. Printing and writing systems.

Physical Description: Paper 11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. Vol. 7, no. 383