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Machines In The Office.
Practising with science is far from being limited to work in shop, field, and mine. One of the most remarkable phases is seen in office improvements. Telephones, typewriters, cash registers, and the like are only a few of a long list.
Taken as an event in economy, the introduction of the typewriter was at least equal to that of the sewing machine. From the moment that its keys clacked for the first time it began to spell out the doom of the written office letter.
The latest typewriter is a marvel of ingenuity, as it has attached to it a calculating machine. To put brains into a conglomeration of levers, screws, wheels, and keys meant genius. In his all-accomplishing march man found it just when it was most necessary.
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, 25 June 1913
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