From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the mechanical or electromechanical writing machine. For other uses, see Typewriter (disambiguation).
| Typewriter | |
|---|---|
| An Underwood No. 5 typewriter from the 1920s, one of the best-selling models of its era | |
| Classification | Writing machine |
| Industry | Office equipment |
| Inventor | Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, Samuel W. Soule |
| Invented | 1868 (patented) |
| Manufacturer | E. Remington and Sons (first commercial model) |
| Peak production | c. 1920–1975 |
| Successor | Word processor, personal computer |