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Concept
Henry Mill patents a machine simmilar to a typewriter. -
Invention
Pellegrino Turri builds a functioning typewriter and invents the firsrt carbon paper. -
...and again
William Austin Burt, attempts to patent and sell the 'Typographer'. He fails, but others are inspired. -
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Try Again
Many attempt to invent their own version of he typewriter. Most are unsucessful. -
Greater Good
Charles Thurber creates multiple desgins in an attempt to help the blind to write. -
Sold
The first comercially marketed typewriter is sold in Denmark. It's called a "Skrivekugle". Literally, "Writing Ball". -
Re-Invention..?
The Sholes & Glidden typewriter is designed. -
Rich
Sholes and Glidden Type-writer becomes the first commercially sucessful typerwriter. It uses the QWERTY keyboard layout. -
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Qwertyuiop...
The QWERTY Keyboard layout is popularized -
Closed
The company that manufactured Skrivekugle goes out of business. -
Re-Read
By the 1890's frontstriking keyboards are the standard. Which means you can read what you're typing, as you type it. -
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The New Standard
By 1910 all typewriters have basically the same desgin. -
Layout
The Dvorak Layout is patented. This purpose of this layout is to reduce the movement neccecary to type, though it doesn't catch on. -
A bit late.
"Correction Fluid" is invented. Finally
