Pratt's Typewriter

As early as 1714 Henry Mill invented a machine for impressing letters on paper but the first machines to really demonstrate the possibility of producing writing by mechanical means faster than by the pen was patented by John Pratt in 1866. In 1878 the Remongton typewrite was brought out, and since then the use of typewriting machines in business houses has become almost universal. However, with the advent of the computer, typewriters has become a thing of the past. - There is a border around the image. Image size is correct. Many sizes available.