The Hammond Typewriter was the first office typewriter that appeared as a true alternative to the Remington Standard 2. James B. Hammond's invention appeared on the market in 1884. It was a striking machine with several features that would survive for many decades. The Hammond Typewriter featured a type-shuttle, a semi-circular strip of hardened rubber (later light metal) that could easily be replaced. "For every nation, for every tongue" was the slogan Hammond introduced to stress the obvious advantage of this machine over the competition's: the use of different type faces. To print the letter onto the paper, a hammer struck the paper from behind and pushed it against the shuttle, through a thin rubber impression band, the ribbon and a thin shield to avoid getting ink stains onto the paper. The hammer was spring-driven, providing the most even printing result possible in the days of manual typewriters. Mechanically the Hammond 1 showed all the basic features that would still be present on machines built 40 years later. The heart of the machine is the turret with the semi-circle of vertical pins that are pushed up when a key is pushed. At the same time the type shuttle turns and is stopped by the pin, in the correct position for the right type to face the paper. The spring is released, the hammer strikes, the pin drops back and the shuttle swings back into neutral position.