Typographer (typewriter) explained

The typographer was an early typewriter invented by William Austin Burt.^[1] Intended to aid in office work, the machine worked by using a lever to press characters onto paper one at a time.^[2] It was the first typewriting machine to be patented in the United States, although Pellegrino Turri had made one in Italy in 1808.^[3] Perhaps because of its slow speed, or because there was not yet a wide market for typewriters, it was not a commercial success.^{[2] [4]}

The working model that Burt constructed for his 1829 patent was destroyed in the 1836 Patent Office fire.^{[2] [5]}

Further reading

• Book: Adler, Michael H.. The Writing Machine, A History of the Typewriter. 1973. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 0-04-652004-X.
• Book: Linnoff, Victor M.. The Typewriter, an illustrated history . 2000. Dover Publications. 0-486-41237-7.

Notes and References

1. Book: Wyckoff . W. O. . Jones . R. McKean . Typewriters . Universal Cyclopaedia, Vol. 12. 1900. D. Appleton . 861656957 . 7.
2. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . Burt, William Austin . https://books.google.com/books?id=vPEpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA375 . 1922 . 18 . . 164589128 . 367–368.
3. Book: Revett, Kenneth . September 15, 2008 . Behavioral Biometrics: A Remote Access Approach . John Wiley & Sons . 222 . 978-0470997932 . June 28, 2014 .
4. News: Gary . Peters. World's First Writing Machine . The Sheboygan Press. 47. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. October 24, 1979 . .
5. News: First Letter Ever Written on a Typewriter Finds its Way Here . The Gazette. 5 . Cedar Rapids, Iowa. July 10, 1922 . .