Typewriter

Typewriter was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1867. Christopher Latham Sholes  was a U.S. mechanical engineer.He invented the typewriter with partners S.W. Soule and G. Glidden, that was manufactured (by Remington Arms Company) in 1873. Typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper. Typewriters were widely used by professional writers, in offices, and for business correspondence in private homes. The type writers are still commonly used in many parts of the world including India.