A short silent film showing the Multi-Position Letter Sorting Machine (MPLSM). MPLSM operators used 20-key keyboards to type in two or three numbers from the ZIP code, so the machine could then sort ...
TikTok is a great place to see how things work behind the scenes. One United States Postal Service (USPS) worker showed how the post office sorts through letters. He also shared a public service ...
When we last left this subject, I told you all about Transorma, the first letter-sorting machine in semi-wide use. But before and since Transorma, machines have come about to perform various tasks on ...