The Invention of the Electric Typewriter (1961)
This is the story of the invention of the electric typewriter in 1961. It chronicles the development of the typewriter from its early manual predecessors to the more sophisticated electric models. It looks at the impact the invention had on the way people communicated and how it revolutionized the way documents were
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectively against the paper with a type element. Thereby, the machine produces a legible written document composed of ink and paper. By the end of the 19th century, a person who used such a device was also referred to as a typewriter.