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'''Typewriters''' were machines created to allow individuals to create written documents by simply pushing upon keys. The first typewriter was created in 1868 by [[C.L. Sholes]].
The original typewriters were manual, but later became electric. A piece of [[paper]] was usually inserted into the machine and the depressing of a key would cause a metal hand with that key shape to push forward and strike the page, then the paper would move forward for the next key displacement.
Human capacity to type was faster than the machine and its mechanical parts could handle, so the odd key placement common on typewriters was invented to slow down typing speed.
Today typewriters are becoming rare, replaced by [[keyboard]]s on [[computers]] that use printers.
==Sources==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
[[Category:Inventions]]
The original typewriters were manual, but later became electric. A piece of [[paper]] was usually inserted into the machine and the depressing of a key would cause a metal hand with that key shape to push forward and strike the page, then the paper would move forward for the next key displacement.
Human capacity to type was faster than the machine and its mechanical parts could handle, so the odd key placement common on typewriters was invented to slow down typing speed.
Today typewriters are becoming rare, replaced by [[keyboard]]s on [[computers]] that use printers.
==Sources==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
[[Category:Inventions]]