Christopher Sholes - Danville, PA
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N 40° 57.888 W 076° 37.132
18T E 363775 N 4536111
Marker noting the connection between Danville & the inventor of the typewiter - the man responsible for 'QWERTY'!
Waymark Code: WM41PJ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2008
Views: 72
QWERTY of course, refers to the layout of the keyboard & before that - the typewriter keys. The reason for this layout was to seperate often used keys (or to slow down the typist) to prevent the jamming of the typewriter.
Marker text is as follows:
Typewriter inventor, born at Mooresburg Feb. 14, 1819. Went to school and worked as a printer at Danville. Migrated to Wisconsin at the age of 20. His first writing machine patent was issued June 23, 1868.
Marker Name: Christopher Sholes
County: Montour
Date Dedicated: 03/23/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 11 in Danville at Mahoning Creek
Category: Business & Industry, Invention, Professions & Vocations
Website: [Web Link]
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