
Also, the Type-Writer introduced the QWERTY layout, which is still used on almost all US keyboards today. However, the first practical typewriter and the word "Type-Writer" was first developed and patented in 1868 by Christopher Sholes. The invention of the typewriterĭuring the mid and late 1700s and early 1800s, several typing and writing devices were created around the world. The first writing devices were designed in the 1700s and the first to be patented was by Henry Mill in London, England in 1714.

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As with many inventions, there were many different inventions including the typewriter, teleprinters, and keypunches that helped lead up to the modern computer keyboard we use today.
