Invention of the Typewriter



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Y/M/D Description Place
1843/08/26 US Patent 3,228: I, CHARLES THURBER, of the town and county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for Printing by Hand by Pressing Upon Keys Which Contain the Type, called Thurber's Patent Printer.
1868/06/23 Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W Soule are granted US Patent No 79,265 for a "Type-Writer" machine. The breakthrough occurred at Kleinsteuber's Machine Shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1873/00/00 E Remington and Sons, seeking new products beyond arms manufacture, acquires James Densmore's "Type?Writer" for commercial production, setting the company on the path to becoming a leading maker of early typewriters.
1874/07/01 Arms manufacture E Remington and Sons begins producing the Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer, shipping the first machines on 1 July, marking the commercial debut of the worlds first successful typewriter.

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