IDENTIFICATION OF WORK FROM A SELECTRIC 2 TYPEWRITER

• NCJ Number: 11682
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 18 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1973) Pages: 246-253
• Author(s): O HILTON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBER 21, 1972

Annotation

UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SELECTRIC 2 WHICH AID IN DIFFERENTIATING ITS WORK FROM THAT OF THE SELECTRIC I AND OTHER TYPEWRITERS.

Abstract

NEW FEATURES OF THE SELECTRIC 2 ARE DESCRIBED. THEY INCLUDE DUAL ESCAPEMENT, A HALF SPACE KEY, AND A NEW TYPE RIBBON CARTRIDGE. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM OF DETERMINING WHETHER PICA AND ELITE ESCAPEMENT WORK APPEARING ON A SINGLE PAGE WERE TYPED BY A SELECTRIC 2 IN ONE CONTINUOUS OPERATION, OR WHETHER ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE PORTIONS WERE SUBSTITUTED OR ADDED AFTER THE PAPER HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN TAKEN FROM THE MACHINE. A FURTHER QUESTION CONSIDERED, WHICH IS CERTAIN TO ARISE ONCE IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT PICA AND ELITE TYPEWRITING WERE PLACED ON A DOCUMENT AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES, WAS WHETHER BOTH WERE WRITTEN ON THE SAME SELECTRIC 2.