Detail map of Detroit, Michigan, United States

Overview map of Detroit, Michigan, United States

Typing a Letter Takes Longer than Writing by Hand

1829

Replica of Burt Typographer.

William Austin Burt of Detroit, Michigan invented an early typewriter, called the Typographer in 1829. The machine that Burt invented was cumbersome and difficult to use. Writing a letter with Burt's "Typographer" took longer than writing by hand.

Timeline Themes

Writing / Palaeography / Calligraphy / Epigraphy

Technology / Engineering

Accounting / Business Machines