Blickensderfer Typewriter
by Adrian Evans
Title
Blickensderfer Typewriter
Artist
Adrian Evans
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art
Description
The Blickensderfer Typewriter was designed by George Canfield Blickensderfer 1850 to1917. It was originally intended to compete with Remington desk typewriters, but ended up being known for its portability.
Instead of the common mechanism with letters on the end of individual bars connected to the keys, the Blickensderfer used a cylindrical wheel with letters embossed on it. Pressing a key caused the cylinder to turn so the correct letter was positioned over the paper, and continuing caused it to be inked by a roller as it moved to press down on the paper. The Blickensderfer system dramatically reduced complexity of the design. A typical example contained only 250 parts, compared to the 2,500 parts of a standard typewriter. It was much smaller, lighter, and cheaper than other typewriters. Early Blickensderfers were also notable for their keyboard layout. The home row of keys contained the most commonly used letters, DHIATENSOR, allowing the keyboardist keep their hands on the home row as much as possible, minimizing extraneous hand movement and increasing efficiency.
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May 9th, 2014
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