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Sholes

[ shohlz ]

noun

  1. Christopher La·tham [ley, -th, uh, m, -, th, uh, m], 1819–90, U.S. inventor of the typewriter.


Sholes

/ ʃəʊlz /

noun

  1. SholesChristopher Latham18191890MUSTECHNOLOGY: inventor Christopher Latham. 1819–90, US inventor, who invented (1868) the typewriter and sold the patent to the Remington company (1873)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In 1868 Sholes invented what is usually considered the first practical typewriting machine.

The river obliges the men to undergo great fatigue and labour in hauling the Canoes over the Sholes in the Cold water naked.

Sholes died in 1890, having also helped by many minor devices the increase in the use of writing-machines.

Remington produced the beautiful Sholes and Glidden typewriter in the 1870's.

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