Many readers find it very useful to look at the Rolamite to help them see the scroller in historical context.

The charts below detail specific references from the following periodicals:

• Wall Street Journal
• Business Week--Oct. 21, 1967
• Science News--Oct. 28, 1967
• Scientific American--Dec. 1967
• Popular Mechanics--Feb. 1968
• Popular Science--March 1968

ELEMENTAL MECHANISM:
(Rolamite has three elements, ScrollerWheel has only two.)
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Newsweek	91	1	1	9-11&13-14
Popular Science	96	1	1	5-6
Pop. Mechanics	92	1	1	2
	93	2	1	6-8
	93	2	1	5-6

NO LUBE:
(A dry run.)
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Newsweek	91	1	3	2-3
Popular Science	97	1	1	7-8
Pop. Mechanics	210	1	8	2-4

FRICTION FREE
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Sci. News	416	1	3
Newsweek	91	1	2	8-9
Bus Week	52	2	2	4-5
		3	2	14-17
Sci. America	58	2	1	19-21
Popular Science	97	1	1	4-5
			3	2-4
Pop. Mechanics	93	2	2	1-2
			3	9-10

BAND LOAD
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Bus Week	52	2	3	8-9
		3	5	3-5
Sci. America	58	2	1	22-27
Pop. Mechanics	210	2	2	9-10

CONSTRUCTION:
(Rolamite rollers must be in pairs and band is fixed in an "S" shape - Scroller is "C" shaped and in combinations.)
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Sci. America	58	2	2	5-8
Pop. Mechanics	92	1	2	5
	95	2	2	7-10
	210	2	1

HELD IN A BOX:
(Rolamite needs a fixed band with limited travel, in a box.)
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Sci.News	415	3	9	3
		1	1	6-7
Bus Week	52	3	3	5-6
Sci. America	58	2	1	13
Pop. Mechanics	93	2	3	2
	94	2	2	7

NOT ROTARY:
(They tried but failed...on their rotary attempts. Low wrap contact causes slide spots and bands criss-cross so don't merge smoothly.)
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Bus Week	52	2	4	3

RAMIFICATIONS:
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Pop.Science:
Triangles	97	Illustration
Pairs only		2	1	1-2

CONCLUSIONS:
(Based on a failed rotary assumption)
	PAGE	COLUMN	PARAGRAPH	LINE
Newsweek	91	1	3	7-8
Sci. America	58	2	2	21-24