The Lambert is a beautiful typewriter with a most unique design. Frank Lambert, a French immigrant, spent seventeen years developing his typewriter. It is frequently stated to be a favorite amongst collectors and I would agree! One types by pushing down on one of the character buttons, causing the whole spring loaded disk to tilt down to the paper. Down below, just above the typing point, is a convex, vulcanite disc with all of the characters molded onto it. This lower disc swings with the upper disk to position the character for printing; it then descends to make contact with the paper underneath. The middle knob is for spacing. The lever protruding out from the 9:00 position was shifted to three positions, giving three characters for each 'key', for example U, u, and 2. The Martin Howard Collection