6 de enero de 2012

Would you believe it

Would you believe it? A rare look at Friedrich von Knauss's machine, as well as Mitterhofer's typewriter. Austria erit in orbe ultima...

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 12


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Also very entertaining, a Lambert vs. Smith-Corona Electric contest:

(ELECTRIC PORTABLE TYPEWRITER (aka WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC PORTABLE TYPEWRITER aka REMOTE CONTROL MANIPULATOR))


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Posted by shordzi at 2:46 p.m.

2 comentarios:

  1. maschinengeschrieben3:24 p.m.

    The "writing machine" of this Grossherzog ist very impressive.

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  2. Richard P6:45 p.m.

    Very interesting to see how the von Knauss machine uses notched arcs of metal to control the movements. These automatons were far more sophisticated mechanically than early typewriters, but obviously were not typewriters and served a different purpose.

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