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First working typewriter
The Italian Pellegrino Turri created the typewriter for his friend. No one really knows what it looks like, but there are specimens of letters written by the Countess, Pellegrino's friend. -
First commercially produced typewriter
The Hansen Writing Ball, or "Skrivekugle" in Danish, was created in 1870. A Danish pastor named, Rasmus Malling-Hansen, created it. -
First commercially successful typewriter.
American inventor, Christopher Latham Sholes developed the Sholes and Glidden typewriter with the help of fellow printer Samuel W. Soule, and amateur mechanic Carlos S. Glidden. The typewriter appeared on the market in 1874, manufactured by the Remington arms company. -
First Remington competitor
The second Typewriter to appear on the American market was the Caligraph of 1880. Created by former Remington employees, the typewriter included upper and lowercase letters. -
First visible typewriter
The Horton typewriter was created by Edward Elijah Horton in 1883. It was the first visible typewriter, but it wasn't very popular. -
First non-universal keyboard typewriter
The Hammond keyboard of 1884 was created with its own keyboard. The creator, James Barlett Hammond soon created one with the universal QWERTY keyboard. -
"The first truly modern typewriter"
The Underwood was named "the first truly modern typewriter". It was created by Franz Xavier Wagner in 1892, but in 1895, John T. Underwood bought the patent rights. -
First "perfected" typewriter
In 1908, Remington brought out its own front-strike, fully visible typewriter. Before this typewriter, Remington had been supporting blind typewriters. -
Last typewriter produced
The Mignon typewriter, created in 1905 by Dr. Fredrich von Heffner-Altneck, was the last widely available typewriter produced. It was an index typewriter that lasted until 1934.
