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Project Gutenberg (gutenberg_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 00:16:20 JST Project Gutenberg

#OTD in 1868.
The first typewriter to be commercially successful was patented by Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden & Samuel W. Soule.The typewriter was initially referred to as the "Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer." The machine featured a keyboard with letters arranged in an early version of the QWERTY layout, which was developed to reduce jamming by separating commonly used letter pairs.
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1. Prototype of the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, and the first with a QWERTY keyboard (1873). Photo of prototype typewriter invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule between 1868 and 1873, and manufactured as the 'Sholes & Glidden Type-Writer' by Eliphalet Remington & Sons Co., Ilion, New York, USA, beginning 1874. This was the first typewriter to be a commercial success (about 5000 were made), the first to use the QWERTY keyboard layout invented by Sholes, and the first to be called a typewriter; the term was coined by Sholes. The source does not say which of the many prototypes this is. Since it is dated the year Remington bought the rights, and was in the Buffalo Historical Society museum near the Remington headquarters, it may be the one Sholes and Glidden demonstrated to Remington. Caption text: "Sholes typewriter, 1873 (Museum, Buffalo historical society)" Alterations: removed frame, caption. Note: As the R is on the place it is nowadays, this is a model modified by Remington. There used to be a period on that spot. (see David, 1985, 'Clio and the Economics of QWERTY', pp. 333)
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2. Patent drawing of prototype Sholes & Glidden typewriter, 1868. Illustrator: Unknown Patent assignees: Christopher L. Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and J. W. Soule - Patented Case Files, 1836 - 1956; Records of the Patent and Trademark Office; Record Group 241; National Archives. (ARC Identifier: 595503) Drawing for a Typewriter, 06/23/1868. This is the printed patent drawing for a typewriter invented by Christopher L. Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and J. W. Soule. From the National Archives
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  Albert ARIBAUD ✎ (aaribaud@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2024 00:16:20 JST Albert ARIBAUD ✎
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  @gutenberg_org Not to put too fine a point to it (1) but while the layout was carefully designed, jamming avoidance was not a factor. See https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/139379/1/42_161.pdf
  (see section 3).
  (1) ... who am I kidding.
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