392 



Popular Science Monthly 



The type furniture awaits the make-up man in a rack 

 attached to the "turtle" table 



A Motion-Saving Rule-Case 

 for Printers 



HERE is pictured a little invention, 

 just out, which will be appreciated 

 by every printer. It is a time saver in 

 newspaper offices, and a saver of many 

 steps to all those who make up type into 

 the forms. 



This is a new style of rule case for 

 printers to be connected with the form 

 chase within easy reach of the make-up 

 man who has occasion to use the many- 

 sized rules required in making- up his 

 page of type matter. 



Heretofore the make-up man had his 

 rules somewhere in a separate case near 

 at hand but never within easy reach, so 

 that whenever he wanted a certain-sized 

 rule it was necessary for 

 him to go to the case and 

 get it. 



With this new invention, 

 all the dififerent-sized rules 

 are right at the page he is 

 making up, and all he has 

 to do is to reach over the 

 page and pick out just the 

 kind of rule he needs with- 

 out even changing his po- 

 sition over the type. 



The case of rules extends 

 over the end-screws in the 

 chase, and when the page 

 is made up and ready to 

 lock, the case is lifted off 

 the end screws and hooked 



on to the next page to be 

 made up. The invention is 

 being used in the make-up 

 room of one of Cincinnati's 

 largest newspapers. 



An Automobile Machine- 

 Shop for the Battlefield 



BECAUSE of the great 

 number of automobiles 

 and aeroplanes which are 

 being used by the armies in 

 the field in Europe, it has 

 been found necessary to pro- 

 vide a practical traveling 

 workshop which may be 

 hurried to any point along 

 the road where a break- 

 down has occurred. 

 (Jne of the most complete of these 

 workshops is shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. Upon a powerful motor- 

 truck is mounted an independent power 

 unit, consisting of a dynamo, switch- 

 board, and a charging-set. Two work 

 benches are provided for the workmen 

 who accompany the car, and these are 

 equipped with a five-inch lathe, drills, 

 grinders, and a complete set of tools. 



One of these traveling workshops will 

 soon be attached to each column of the 

 Royal Flying Corps and to the British 

 Army Service Corps, in order that all 

 repairs may be made at the front with- 

 out the necessity of requisitioning aid 

 from the service stations at the army 

 headquarters. 



Traveling automobile repair shops were a novelty at the 



automobile shows two years ago. To-day they are 



common necessities of war 



