Principal Operating Parts of the Remington Noiseless Portable typewriter

Have had a Remington Noiseless Portable typewriter for a while now. Given the age of such machines when acquired second-hand, not surprising this came without its user manual. Recently just happened to spot the right instruction leaflet on a well-known global auction site. Surprisingly (or not) nobody else spotted or wanted it, so here is the machine with an original user manual.

This is a single sheet. Opening up the leaflet a cut-corner and arrow on the page underneath make it clear to the reader that there's another page to open. (That explains the arrow on my leaflet for the Victor T; that also has the arrow, but lacked the cut-corner.)

Side-by-side all the principal operating parts of the typewriter are identified and given a brief explanation in the list below.

On the back of the leaflet of course some advertising for Remtico ribbons and special Noiseless carbon paper. Nicely put are paragraphs on things to do and on things not to do.

The leaflet when folded is 8" x 5½", from a single 16" by 11" sheet printed on both sides. Will be making a reproduction copy for keeping with the typewriter. Already below scans of both sides in fairly decent resolution.

  

Now what would be the chances of some Remtico Noiseless carbon paper turning up online...

:-)

Moteur à ressort

An instruction leaflet for the Meccano motor number 2 (reversing). The address in Paris was the French factory at that time. This grand building still stands, currently a school.

This sheet must've been supplied in the late twenties' with a dark-red clockwork number 2 motor that was also in the lot. The motor itself was at least as ravaged by time as this cheap-paper sheet. Rusty and without its spring - if only they'd stuck to the instructions as supplied :-)
(Supplying these instructions in French and Italian may not have helped...)

This is a clockwork motor built into a model. Painted dark blue, it is a slightly later specimen. Apart from its late thirties' colour-scheme it is identical to the motor the instructions were for. One other difference with that dark-red motor in the lot is of course that this one is still working fine.

The motor is used here as the basis of a farm tractor, from the 1930 book of new models.

The black and white illustration in the book really doesn't do it justice - lots of shiny brassware!

Spanning almost a century with spoked wheels

Loosely based on a model in the instruction manual, a small motorcar built from early nickel parts.

Ribbon added by the kids; it's quite robust to be played with too. Survives rollovers just fine. Probably just like the real motorcar of around 1920, just keep a screwdriver handy to fasten any bits that become loose or rattle.

This was a first using of a recently acquired set of spoked wheels (19a). These are marked 'fabriqué en Angleterre' as early twenties' parts and were in 'used' condition. Some careful bending, cyanoacrylate for loose bosses and India ink to make rusty-patches less glaring; again good to go for building.

The small wheels for headlamps are more recent, but the double-bent bracket with the rounded corners supposedly was made not later than '16. Amazing how well these parts can survive.

The flanged plates too are probably a century old. They've got the 1913 patent marking, but no Meccano stamping yet anywhere.

The bush wheels are also twenties' articles, with the 'fabriqué en Angleterre' marking.

Impressive how well all these bits have weathered a century - and can still be toyed with and played with too :-)

Oy oy oy Jozsi

Shellac record...

Little surprise in a stack. A very 'chipper' record in a small stack of shellac records on the Imperial label. In an old box were about 15 records dating from around '32 from the German 'Imperial' company. Mostly popular songs from movies played by uncredited dance orchestras.

And this little gem.

:-)