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First commercially successful typewriter was produced in ?

A1970s

B1870s

C1980s

D1890s

Answer:

B. 1870s

Read Explanation:

•Henry Mill was an English inventor who patented the first typewriter in 1714.

•Later Christopher Latham Sholes, Samuel W Soule, Carlos S Glidden.

•Remington and Sons – the first typewriter were placed on the market in 1874, and the machine was soon renamed the Remington.

•First commercially successful typewriter was produced in the 1870s.


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