MEMORY DEVICE.
The first mechanical apparatus intended to prevent the busy man from forgetting any of his engagements has just been devised by a New York inventor, and is described, with IHustration. hi the “ Popular .Mechanics Maga-
The new memory device is operated by a lai go spring, released at predetermined intervals by an ordinary clock. It is a desk fixture which keeps accurate time, and occupies a desk space only Gin. in height and tiin. long. I t has the appearance of a dus.'i-cloek with three sets of pigeon-holes, one eeries for the months of the year, another lor the day of the month, and the third for each quarter of an hour of the day.
A busy j rofessional or business man, visiting t<> be reminded of something he 's to do in the future, makes a memorandum of it or, a er rd ami drops it into the case m the in’geon-hole set aside for th.; 1
\ i mat tor whether the. engagement is < )t-a year ahead, or for the next fifteen tn'.nia -s. a bell rings when that particular time cimies and a card automatically drops down before him.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 288, 9 November 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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193MEMORY DEVICE. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 288, 9 November 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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