Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Christopher Latham Sholes
Standard Name: Sholes, Christopher Latham
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23 June 1868: Christopher Latham Sholes, an American printer,...
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23 June 1868
Christopher Latham Sholes
, an American printer, took out a patent on an early working model of the typewriter, which he and his associates had invented the previous year.
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
V: 689-90
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
23 June 2011
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1 March 1873: Christopher Latham Sholes of the USA signed...
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1 March 1873
Christopher Latham Sholes
of the USA signed a contract with E. Remington and Sons
of New York to produce portable typewriters.
Adler, Michael H. The Writing Machine. Allen and Unwin, 1973.
149-50
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
