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Christopher Latham Sholes
(14 Feb 1819 - 17 Feb 1890)
American inventor who developed the first practical typewriter, but being unable to create a market for it, sold the rights to the Remington Arms Company for $12,000.
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Science Quotes by Christopher Latham Sholes (1 quote)
You know that my apprehension is, that the thing may take a while, and for a while there may be an active demand for them, but that like any other novelty, it will have its brief day and be thrown aside.
— Christopher Latham Sholes
Scholes frequently expressed his dismay in this way, according to IBM history at http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/modelb/modelb_informal.html
See also:
- 14 Feb - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Sholes's birth.
- Christopher Latham Sholes - First Typewriter Patent Model - Side View
- Christopher Latham Sholes - First Typewriter Patent Model - Top View
- Grave of Christopher Latham Sholes - Early Photo Showing Only Cemetery Lot
- Christopher Latham Sholes - Home of the First Typewriter
- Christopher Latham Sholes - Letters to the First User of his Typewriter
- Christopher Latham Sholes - Colorized photograph.
- Christopher Latham Sholes - Photograph in sepia tone
- The Early History of the Typewriter - The first user of the first Sholes typewriter describes the inventor, and his own experience of Sholes’ new invention and its development.
- Sholes Grave Memorial - The copper plaque reads: Christopher Latham Sholes 1819 – 1890 “The Father of the Typewriter” Dedicated by The Young Men and Women of America In Grateful Memory of One Who Materially Aided in the World’s Progress.
- The Typewriter: An Illustrated History, by Typewriter Topics. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Typewriter History.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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