James Densmore

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Wisconsin Historical Marker
Wisconsin Historical Marker

James Densmore was a business associate of Christopher Sholes, who along with Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule helped contribute to inventing one of the first practical typewriters at a machine shop located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1]

Densmore suggested splitting up commonly used letter combinations in order to solve a jamming problem. This concept was later refined by Sholes and became known as the QWERTY key layout.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Invention of the Typewriter, Wisconsin Historical Marker, Retrieved May 11, 2008.


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