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Collections in Cryptology - Grilles
Key mechanisms in computation...

An Improved Apparatus for Writing and Reading Cipher Correspondence
George Haseltine (1875)


"Writing Desk"

"Perforated Plate"

WW2 German Grille
"Rasterschlüssel Bild"


(National Cryptologic Museum Collection)

US KL-99
Cylindrical grille device (left) with cylinders (above).