tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post7369891727923903265..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: On This Day in Typewriter History (XXXII)Robert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-1898712115835990712012-03-27T11:25:48.891+11:002012-03-27T11:25:48.891+11:00Hi Diego. Thanks for your interesting comment, I w...Hi Diego. Thanks for your interesting comment, I will make note of all this. I take the easy way out on this contentious issue. I call the first typewriter the Sholes and Glidden for one obvious reason - it was the one such machine called a typewriter. None of its precedessors were called typewriters at the time of their design-invention. The most popular term used to describe them was typography machines, but that was in the US, of course.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-2525072735243298162011-09-03T14:39:29.435+10:002011-09-03T14:39:29.435+10:00How about the italian Pellegrino Turri, who in 180...How about the italian Pellegrino Turri, who in 1808 made, what I think was the first typewriter. I've read it actually worked.<br /><br />He made it for the Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzono who was blind. <br /><br />I've also read he made it for her to write love letters, as she was his lover (This last paragraph is most probably a myth, but sounds nice)<br /><br />Diego from www.sprachgefuhl.comDiegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596527221739999399noreply@blogger.com