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Patent for a type-writing machine from 1866

The British patent for the first typewriter machine, invented in 1866 in England by John Pratt (patent No. 3163, 1st December 1866, according to the London Society of Arts. Other sources list it as 1863.

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Patent for a type-writing machine from 1866

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Published 13 November 2023

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