Show typewriter YEARS OLD the macent unveiling in vienna austria ot of a bronze bust of peter Mitter hoffer as the inventor of the modern typewriter has brought to light records of at least east two wo wr writing ng machines previous to 1864 the date ot of Mitter hoffer ers s invention in 1850 G A ht highes hes of manchester en land perfected a typewriter bu buta patent records at london show that as early as 1714 a london engineer named henry mill received a patent for a writing machine for impresa irn pres ing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another so neat and exact as not to be dis from print there la Is nothing further to reveal how sue suc mill mills s machine was but it antedates all other typewriters |