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Typewriters: Mechanical Brilliance

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The Typewriter Was a Game Changer

The typewriter was invented in 1868. Mark Twain, right? He was Veeve, and this is a great, this may be the fact of the show, his book in 1882, Life on the Mississippi, was the very first typewritten manuscript ever submitted as far as anyone knows. It wasn't around for that long for as much of an effect as it did have on society. There were improvements to the typewriter that eventually led to the PC.

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