Evolution of the Typewriter
Hazel A. Flood Seventy-Five Years of Typewriting Graduate Thesis For the Degree of Master of Arts Department of Secondary Education Lincoln, Nebraska 1943
Invention
Henry Mill “An artificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another.�
William A. Burt “I have just got my second machine into operation and this is the first specimen I send you except a few lined I printed to regulate the machine.�
• Letter and line spacing key • Paper feeding device • A line signal bell • Carry type bars in a basket
Charles Thurber Patent on August 26, 1845
C. Latham Sholes Father of the Typewriter Coined the term “Typewriter”
Improvements
“The typewriter made its debut at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876 where it was viewed by thousands for the first time. Samples of typewritten work were broadcast throughout the world by visitors who paid 25 cents to have a brief note typed to mail to friends or relatives at home.�
Mark Twain
Typography
“It is a simple, cheap, and pretty machine, for printing letters.� Joseph Moore
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