The writing machine / by Michael H. Adler.
The writing machine / by Michael H. Adler.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Allen and Unwin, 1973.
Date
1973.
Call Numbers
T0323284 , T0323285
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
381 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- One. On writing machines in general -- Two. Typewriter prehisotyr and mechanical monsters, 1714-1806 -- Three. Evolutionary progress, 1808-50 -- Four. The beginnings of production, 1851-67 -- Five. On claimants, pretenders ... -- Six. ... and natio...
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Publisher
London : Allen and Unwin, 1973.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1973.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
It may be surprising, but it is nevertheless a fact, that although you can find in a library or a bookshop a learned tome on almost anything from buttons to walking sticks, matchboxes or brass rubbings, there is as yet none at all on the most ubiquitous of all man's creations (not excluding the motor car) - the typewriter. If you want to acquire in...
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Full title
The writing machine / by Michael H. Adler.
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Notes
General note
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 21-23.
Transferred from E681.61/ADL.
Transferred from N681.61/1.
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T0323284 , T0323285
Record Identifier
74VMloXPaDLX
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ISBN
004652004X
MMS ID
991003414719702626
