Haveyoueverusedatypewrite?Ifnot,you’vesurelyseenone。Thisusefulmachinehasamostinterestinghistory。Althoughyoumaythinkthatthetypewriterisamoderninvention,theideawentasfarbackastheearly1700s。
Itwasthen,in1714,thatEngland’sQueenAnnegrantedHenryMillthefirstpatentforamachinethattypedletters。CalledAnArtificialMachineorMethodForImpressingLetter,themachineremainedjustadesignonpaper。
Variousothertypingmachineswereinventedoverthenexthundredyearsorso。However,allofthemhadthesa ,butithadatopspeedofonlyfivewordsaminute。
Finally,in1874,amorepracticalmachinewasintroducedtothepublic。InventedbyanAmericanChristopherSholesandsomeofhiscompanions,themachinewassetupbyE。
RemingtonandSonscalledthe“RemingtonModelNo。1”。Itwasthefirsttypewritertohavethekindoftypewriterkeyboardweknowtoday。Youmayhavealookatthetypewriterkeyboardandwonderaboutthestrangearrangementofletters。
Thearrangement,strangelyenough,hasnothingtodowithmakingtypingeasierorfaster。Asamatteroffact,thekeysweresoarrangedtoforcetypiststotypeslowly。
TypingtoofastcaughtthekeysofRemington1pressedtogether。Theystillfollowthisearlyarrangementoflettersofthekeyboard。