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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Typewriters
The typewriter built by Pellegrino Turri in 1808 was the first proven to work. Inventors and businesses worked with typewriters in the 19th century. The Sholes
& Glidden Type Writer ( invented by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden) was introduced into the American markets in 1874, and was considered one of the most influential at the time. Christopher L. Sholes was a poet, a newspaperman, and an inventor. It only typed capital letters and is the origin of the QWERTY keyboard, made to prevent type bars getting stuck together in the frequently used keys. After it's creation, the QWERTY keyboard quickly became the most popular and beat out the original keyboard formats. The typewriter helped businesses by making it easier to create receipts and documents. It also made communication easier, and helped bring up intelligence rates by making books more available because they were easier to produce.
Sources: http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html
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How much did a typewriters coast in that time period?
ReplyDeleteWere these common to have among people that were not professional writers?
ReplyDeleteWhat was before the QWERTY keyboard?
ReplyDeleteAs it says in the article, the Sholes & Glidden typewriter invented the qwerty keyboard
DeleteDid you have to replace ink?
ReplyDeleteYes, they hadn't figured out how to have ink that doesn't run out yet
DeleteDid someone invent the typewriter before him but it just didn't work?
ReplyDeleteWhat or who is Sholes & Glidden
ReplyDeleteAs it says in the article, Sholes & Glidden was the name of a typewriter made by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden
DeleteHow long did it take to make a type writer?
ReplyDeleteWhy did it not type lower case letters
ReplyDeleteThe tech couldn't support both uppercase and lower case letters at the time
DeleteHow many other formats of typing we're there?
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