Charles Thurber
American
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| 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. | Inventor | Invention of the Typewriter | ||||
| 1845/11/18 | Patent Office grants Charles Thurber US 4,271 for his 'Mechanical Chirographer', a geared stylus machine enabling blind writers to form script. Ingenious but impractical, the device failed to find a market. | Inventor | Invention of the Mechanical Cursive Machine | ||||
| 1857/06/23 | Mr Thurber of Worcester receives US Patent 17,647 for a Calligraph that allows a person "to form large letters, therein being adapted to a large class who from debility or other cause can not command the motions of the fingers or carry the hand steady..." | Inventor | Invention of the Mechanical Cursive Machine | ||||
| 1860/11/27 | Charles Thurber receives US Patent No 30777 for the 'Caligraph', a device that creates cursive writing for people have difficulty with their hands or eyes. He advertised it as Kaligraph. The writing machine can be examined at 366 Broadway (lost), NYC. | Inventor | Invention of the Mechanical Cursive Machine |
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