Electric typewriter
Máquina de escribir eléctrica
- Date
- 1902–1935 · confidence medium
- Place
- Rochester, New York, United States
- Credited to
- James Fields Smathers (Kansas City, 1914); Electromatic Typewriters (Rochester, 1933), acquired by IBM (Electromatic, 1935); Blickensderfer (1902)
- People
- 👤 James Fields Smathers1888–1967
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Typewriter in which a motor drives the type bars with uniform force, giving even impression and less fatigue. IBM turned it into a standard office product.
What it led to
- The mechanised office and the professional secretariat
- Office typesetting (Selectric, 1961)
- The keyboard as the interface of computing
Built on
- Electric motor1821-1834
- Practical typewriter (Sholes and Glidden)1867-1868
- Remington typewriter (1873)
Made possible
- Teleprinter (teletype)1902–1910
- Correction fluid (Liquid Paper)1956
- IBM Selectric
- Computer keyboard