The Victor was the world’s first ‘daisy-wheel’ typewriter. The daisy-wheel would become a standard feature on the electric typewriters of the 1970s. The Victor's daisy wheel has thin brass spokes radiating from a hub like a bicycle wheel with an embossed rubber character on the end of each spoke. With an index finger one swings the pointer to select a character. A gear on the other end of the pointer turns the vertical wheel that holds the daisy-wheel and moves the character into position. A rod then pushes the character on the end of a flexible spoke against the paper. The Martin Howard Collection