DAR Museum - #OTD in 1714 British inventor Henry Mill received a patent for a typewriter. Though it is not known what this machine looked like, it appears to have printed letters
![One of an earlier type of typewriters created by Henry Mill in the 1700's | Typewriter, Historical objects, Vintage typewriters One of an earlier type of typewriters created by Henry Mill in the 1700's | Typewriter, Historical objects, Vintage typewriters](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/91/3d/a5/913da595dfb62b7ed4ec80c611844ea9.jpg)
One of an earlier type of typewriters created by Henry Mill in the 1700's | Typewriter, Historical objects, Vintage typewriters
![As early as 1714 Henry Mill invented a machine for impressing letters on paper but the first machines to really demonstrate the possibility of producing writing by mechanical means faster than by As early as 1714 Henry Mill invented a machine for impressing letters on paper but the first machines to really demonstrate the possibility of producing writing by mechanical means faster than by](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-yzgoj/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/2009504/2940860/BLL058733939X__06442.1541925120.jpg?c=2)
As early as 1714 Henry Mill invented a machine for impressing letters on paper but the first machines to really demonstrate the possibility of producing writing by mechanical means faster than by
![Internet Society on X: "The first keyboard was part the "Machine for Transcribing Letters" created in 1714 by inventor Henry Mill. It was described as "...transcribing... letters singly or progressively one after Internet Society on X: "The first keyboard was part the "Machine for Transcribing Letters" created in 1714 by inventor Henry Mill. It was described as "...transcribing... letters singly or progressively one after](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQwveAjXYAEwcvu.jpg)
Internet Society on X: "The first keyboard was part the "Machine for Transcribing Letters" created in 1714 by inventor Henry Mill. It was described as "...transcribing... letters singly or progressively one after
![Nine “striking” facts about the history of the typewriter | OUPblog | Typewriter, Inventions, Falling in love with him Nine “striking” facts about the history of the typewriter | OUPblog | Typewriter, Inventions, Falling in love with him](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2a/8a/69/2a8a69305c086d1cc2482d30768b99f8.png)