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Giuseppe Ravizza
Italian inventor (1811-1885) · Italy · On the map · Scientists · Died at 74
Giuseppe Ravizza was a prolific typewriter inventor. He spent nearly 40 years of his life obsessively grappling with the complexities of inventing a usable writing machine. He called his invention cembalo scrivano o macchina da scrivere a tasti because of its piano-type keys and keyboard.
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The story of the 16 models he produced between 1847 and the early 1880s is described in The Writing Machine and illustrated from Ravizza’s 1855 patent, which bears similarities to the later upstroke design of the Sholes and Glidden typewriter.
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