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the depression of a single key of the group
B when the shift key is displaced.
Small d and v of the group B are respec-
tively employed to designate the suffixes ed
5 and tire. Final y is represented by the
small y of the same group. Small g repre-
sents the suffix ing. Small h is used to rep-
resent tion, sion or cian.
An important feature of group B is the
10 provision of separate keys for writing a
medial and final R, this being necessary for
many words such as bearer, terror, etc.
A most important advance in the art ac-
complished by my improved keyboard is
15 the possibility of writing at one stroke a
code equivalent of any word that will in
almost every case so closely resemble the
word in sound that both the writing and
reading will be comparatively simple, even
20 without a previous acquaintance with the
system.
The invention is presented as including
all such modifications and changes as prop-
erly come within the scope of the following
25 claims:
What I claim is:
1. A key-board for stenographic writing
machines, comprising a group of keys bear-
ing the letters30
G N K W L
S T P H Rarranged at one side of the center of the
key-board, and representing singly or in
combination, initial consonants and prefixes
35 of words.2. A key-board for stenographic writing
machines comprising a group of keys carry-
ing the letters
M B T S R
R F L G H40
arranged at one side of the center of the
key-board, and representing singly or in
combination, final consonants and suffixes
of words.
3. A key-board for stenographic writing 45
machines, comprising a group of keys bear-
ing the letters
GNKWL
STPHR
arranged at one side of the center of the 50
key-board, representing singly or in com-
bination, initial consonants and prefixes of
words; another group of keys bearing the
letters
M BT SR 5
RFLGH
at the other side of the center of the key-
board, representing singly or in combina-
tion, final consonants and suffixes of words,
and a central group of keys bearing the let- 60
ters 0 A U E representing singly or in com-
bination, vowels and diphthongs of words.
In testimony whereof I have signed my
name to this specification in the presence of
two subscribing witnesses.
ALRAH B. EDWARDS.
Witnesses:
C. A. Eu~is,
R. E. C. BRUCKNER.a
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Edwards, Alrah B. Keyboard for Type Writing Machines, patent, September 12, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859747/m1/4/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.