CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES TO BOOKS:

AMERICAN TYPEWRITERS, Lippman

Page 67.  When he didn't have reliable source material, Paul tended to "fill in the
blanks".  One glaring example, is his statement about the Demountable
hidden ribbon spool problem which was corrected on the later model.
The actual fact is the first model had the spools "exposed" when it
was fashionable to "show the works".  The later models hid them to make
the typewriter look more modern - "The closed in look".   
Bob Aubert

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CENTURY OF THE TYPEWRITER,  Beeching

Page 158, bottom text regarding Royal No.1 (5.10a). Text reads
from 4th line "Serial Nos. begin at 1,000 in 1906 to 5,800 in 1911. Model 5
looks the same and has a 10 in. carriage with Models 6 having a 14 in., 7 an
18 in., and 8 a longer one; all have a two color ribbon and the numbering
jumps to 8,500 in 1911 to 175,000 in 1914.)" I believe the text should read
"Serial Nos. begin at 1 in 1906 to 58,000 on 1-1-11. Model 5 looks similar
and has a 10 in. carriage with Models 6 having a 14 in., 7 an 18 in., 8 a
longer one, and 10 is similar to the No. 1 with the longest carriage; all 5
machines and similar in construction longer carriage machines have a two
color ribbon and the numbering jumps to 85,000 on 1-1-12 to 175,000 on 1-1-14.)".
Dax

Page 177, paragraph 5 and photo caption says no Blick electrics have survived. About
3-4 are now known to exist.
Jay Respler

Page 180, says, "In 1925, the first
model of the Remington electric was shown at the Exhibition of Office
Machinery in New York, and was first sold in 1927".

 Contrary to what Beeching says (page 158) "only 2,500 of these were made" another
 source (Sheridan) that has been more reliable, but does have its share of
 mistakes, states the following:
     The original Remington Electric was first released September 1925 but only
 sold for two or three years and discontinued. Serial numbers started at
 X1000 and did not get above X6000".       Jim SureWest

 Only 2500 units were made. Beginning in 1925, Remington Electrics
were issued powered by North East Electric motors.    D. Rehr

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