The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . but then residing near London, England. The Scientihc American article was followed by thesuggestion that whoever would make a successfulwriting machine would not only secure a fortune,but would confer a blessing upon mankind. Sholesand Soulo were printers who had been engaged forsome time in perfecting a machine for numberingthe pages of blank books, and for printing serialnum
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . but then residing near London, England. The Scientihc American article was followed by thesuggestion that whoever would make a successfulwriting machine would not only secure a fortune,but would confer a blessing upon mankind. Sholesand Soulo were printers who had been engaged forsome time in perfecting a machine for numberingthe pages of blank books, and for printing serialnumbers on bank notes. Mr. Glidden, who was aman of means, happened to be working at a patentplow in the machine shop frequented by Sholesand Soule. He took great interest in the pagingmachine. One day he said to Sholes, Why canta machine be made that will write letters andwords instead of simply figures? When the Scientific American article ap-peared, Mr. Glidden showed it to Sholes, and,Soule having joined them, the three went to workupon the invention. Soulii suggested pivotedtypes set in a circle, and Sholes suggested the let-ter-spacing device. In September, 1867, the first. THE CKANDALL. Several other early patents were issued, amongthem one to Fairbanks, in 1848, and another toOliver T. Eddy, of Baltimore. In 1867 a writing machine called The TypeWriter, was patented by C. Latham Sholes,Sam-uel W. Soule, and Carlos Glidden, of Milwaukee,Wis. Neither of them knew what had previouslybeen done in the same line, except that Mr. Sholeshad seen an article in the Scientific American,copied from London Engineering, in which wasdescribed a writing machine called the ptcro-type, invented by John Pratt, of Centre, Ala., THE BAELOOK. machine was finished, and letters written with itwere .sent to acquaintances and friends. Mr. James Densmore, then of Meadville, Pa.,who received one of these letters, was so Impressedby it that by return mail he asked to become inter-ested in the enterpri
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