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Description 
This machine writes only New York point. A cluster of 12 brass keys and a cell spacer make up the keyboard. Paper is inserted from the rear and rolled around a drum. By moving a lever at the left of the drum to a forward position, the paper is automatically advanced at the end of each line. Braillewriter, which is made of maroon-painted metal, has a brass plate on the front which reads "Kleidograph N.Y. Institution for the Blind Patented November 1894."
Kleidograph - Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
Image
1992.392 Kleidograph

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Last modified on: April 02, 2010