Wasn't the parentheses usage originally suggested to us by some obscure paragraph in an early article about typewriters? I have a memory of this, but I didn't put it in my "Lost key of QWERTY" article, and can't immediately find it in my notes.
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AHA. This tweet:https://twitter.com/WideSpacer/status/873759895874621440 …
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Which earlier on references this source:https://books.google.com/books?id=ca05AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2677#v=onepage&q=parenthesis&f=false …
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Regarding early documentation, there's a source that I have looked for but never found. The first typewriter catalogue. It is described here: https://archive.org/stream/storyofexpositio04todd#page/86/mode/2up …
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While I have found ads or single sheets that are titled "The typewriter! A Machine to Supersede the Pen", I have never found any full catalogue or other multi-page document (which seems to be suggested here). Marcin, have you ever found such a document?
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Is it a mangled reference to George Carl Mares's "History of the Typewriter, Successor to the Pen?"
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No, I don't think so, since the exact phrase "A machine to Supersede the Pen" appeared in ad copy long before that, as early as 1875 at least:https://books.google.com/books?id=XBviAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22A%20machine%20to%20supersede%20the%20pen%22&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q=%22A%20machine%20to%20supersede%20the%20pen%22&f=false …
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Maybe, then, a reference to this page https://books.google.com/books?id=Smzj46xjgBgC&lpg=PA237&ots=43LLUCStpO&dq=%22ministers%20lawyers%20authors%22&pg=PA237#v=onepage&q&f=false …, which contains the "minsters, lawyers, authors" text and the specified sewing machine, rifle, and plow illustrations?pic.twitter.com/navm4dg5r1
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Holy cow! I think this is exactly that. Thank you!!!!!!
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WorldCat has a 1-page version of this, but also this, which is 4 pages? http://www.worldcat.org/title/type-writer-a-machine-to-supercede-the-pen-manufactured-by-e-remington-sons-ilion-ny/oclc/796759396&referer=brief_results …
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Haven’t seen anything else than what Eric shared yet.
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I found: "As early as 1877, the Sholes and Glidden was marketed in one of its first trade catalogs as “THE TYPE-WRITER! A Machine to Supersede the Pen" by a contemporary historian. Will reach out.
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