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HAMMONIA


Guhl & Harbeck, Hamburg, Germany 1884

adThis was the first German typewriter and the first European typewriter to be produced in any numbers. However this machine is rare today.

The long brass blade has the characters cut out along the bottom edge. To type one lifts the blade and moves it back and forth to select a character, then pushes the black wooden handle straight down, sort of like cutting cheese!

 

© , Martin Howard