November 29, 2007
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PlayThis question comes to us from Nihit. Identify the man in the picture below:
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Answer: Christopher Sholes. Famous for inventing the typewriter and now infamous for the RSI-inducing QWERTY layout of our keyboards.
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Birth: February 14, 1819 in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania
Death: February 17, 1890 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality: American
Definition: A mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer’s type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper.
Patent: 79,265 (US) issued June 23, 1868
…http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/typrwriter.htm…
Henry Mill.
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Christopher Sholes
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