10 of History's Most Beautiful Typewriters [Video]
Typewriters are intricate machines—complex little boxes that require an abundance of ingenuity to produce. They are often beautiful, and they occasionally find wildly imaginative ways to conduct the delicate dance between the hammers and the keys. So much of the way we interact with machines today—QWERTY keyboard, hello!—directly links to the innovations pushed forth by typewriters in the late 19th century. In fact, it's hard chart the progression of technology without considering the typewriter. So here's a look at 10 of our favorite typewriter designs of all time. Manufactured beginning in 1873, the Scholes and Glidden Typewriter was the first mass-produced typewriter to find commercial success. If you ever want to know the names of the men responsible for forcing you to learn the QWERTY Keyboard, look no further than Christopher Latham Sholes and Carlos S. Glidden. [IMAGE] The Crandall New Model, which first appeared in 1885, is great because it's like a typewriter skel...