The Story of the Typewriter, 1873-1923
by Herkimer County Historical Society
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1923. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 158 The Story of the type...
Chapters (17)
- EMANCIPATION
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- CHAPTER I. FIFTY YEARS OLD
- CHAPTER II. EARLY EFFORTS
- CHAPTER III. THE FIRST PRACTICAL TYPEWRITER
- CHAPTER IV. SEEKING A MARKET
- CHAPTER V. LAUNCHED ON THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
- CHAPTER VI. HIGH SPOTS IN TYPEWRITER PROGRESS
- CHAPTER VII. WIDENING THE FIELD
- CHAPTER VIII. HOW WOMEN ACHIEVED ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION THROUGH THE WRITING MACHINE
- Colophon
- Availability
- Metadata
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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