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2年半前にTYPEWRITERとPROPERTYで宣言した通り、大英図書館に『Pitman's Typewriter Manual』(Isaac Pitman & Sons, London)の旧版を確かめに来た。そうしたところ、第2版(1897年)のp.98に
The following points will help you to remember where the characters fall:―
- The figures from 2 to 9 follow in order.
- The two commonest vowels, a and e, fall in the left half of the keyboard, and the three least common, i, o, and u, in the right half.
- All the vowels except a fall in the second row of the standard keyboard, and in the corresponding row of the other keyboards.
- The letters in the word typewriter fall in a single row,―the second in the standard Keyboard A,―as do those in the word property.
- In the third row of Keyboard A, and in the corresponding rows of Keyboards B and C, the letters from D to L fall almost in alphabetical order,―D F G H J K L.
- In Keyboard B, all the fractions fall to the extreme right of the keyboard, while all the punctuation marks are towards the bottom right-hand corner.
というネタが載っているのが確認された。また、第3版(1900年)のp.100には
The following points will help you to remember where the characters fall:―
- The figures from 2 to 9 follow in order.
- The two commonest vowels, a and e, fall in the left half of the key-board, and the three least common, i, o, and u, in the right half.
- All the vowels except a fall in the second row of the standard key-board, and in the corresponding row of the other key-boards.
- The letters in the word typewriter fall in a single row,―the second in the standard Key-board A,―as do those in the word property.
- In the third row of Key-board A, and in the corresponding rows of Key-boards B and C, the letters from D to L fall almost in alphabetical order,―D F G H J K L.
- In Key-board B, all the fractions fall to the extreme right of the key-board, while all the punctuation marks are towards the bottom right-hand corner.
が載っていた。ただし、初版にあたる『A Manual of the Typewriter』(Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, 1893年)には、この記述はどこにも見当たらなかった。したがって「TYPEWRITERが一列に並んでいる」というネタは、私(安岡孝一)が調査した限りでは1897年までしか遡ることができない。これ以前に書かれたものを見つけた方は、ぜひ私にも教えてほしい。
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