1838 · Carry Mechanism · Werk 492 von 1.871

A detail drawing of the anticipating carriage, an engineering drawing in ink on cream paper, a comb of hooked levers set along a rocking bar, the hooks repeating in a long row across fifty digit positions, small arrows showing the sweep of the bar resolving every carry in one motion, the levers drawn in elevation with a section through the bar beside them, ruled dimension lines, the title block a plain ruled box, the sheet laid flat on a grey studio table, even flat light from directly above.