Charles Thurber (inventor)
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Charles Thurber (born 2nd January, 1803) was an inventor who made important innovations in the early development of the typewriter.[1] According to the book The Marvels of Modern Mechanism published in 1901, Charles invented and patented in 1843 the first practical typewriter, though it admits his machine was slow, crude and was never manufactured.[2]
Career
He received multiple patents, the first in 1843 for an aid to the blind[3] and in 1845 he patented his Chirographer[4]
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