The Malling-Hansen Society reminds readers of Rasmus Malling Hansen's most famous invention.
From the piece...
The Malling-Hansen writing ball was the world's first commercially produced typewriter, and it was sold world wide. For his invention, Malling-Hansen received the First Price medals at the Scandinavian Art, Agricultural and Industrial Exhibitions in Copenhagen in 1872 and 1888, at the World Exhibitions in Vienna in 1873 and Paris in 1878 and at the Philadelpia Centennial in 1876. It was also exhibited on the first annual Kensington Exhibition in London in 1871.
The first model was patented in 1870, but soon went through a lot of improvements, even though the "ball" itself remained the same.
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