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UNITED STATES ADMIRAL'S INVENTION
An invention expected 'o vender printing presses and type-selling machines obsolete and revolutionise the entire publishing business has been produced by Admiral Bradley Fluke, U.S.N., writes the New York correspondent' of i.he Daily Telegraph. Incident ally, Admiral Fisko believes his device wijl make spectacles unnecessary for the majority of readers who now use. I hem. "The Fisko reading machine," as the Admiral calls his invention, resembles a small lorgnette and a rack for reading matter, which is photographed directly from type-written manuscript and reduced to microscopic- proportions. Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad," a book of 93,000 words,, has been reduced by the Fisko. process to a 13-page pamphlet 4in. by 6in., with ample margins. 'Che cost of the process is only a fraction of that of publishing a. book. The lorgnette, about the size of an ordinary fountain pen, requires the use of only one eye, and automatically focuses the reading matter and protects the. sight from all glare and' extraneous light. Admiral Fisko declares his invention is invaluable for reference books and in reducing the space now required for the filing of essential records, and he believes in time books and newspapers will be published in the new form.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 June 1926, Page 8
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