A note from the 1980s, about the 1920s, in a book from early 1900s, read today.
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I don’t know whom this note was meant for – it does not seem a usual way one would write ex libris.
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I would imagine that its author is gone by now, given that a stranger (me) has it, rather than family.
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But maybe if a stranger appreciates it, the note still finds its meaning, and serves a purpose.
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(I got this book because this is the first book to popularize touch typing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing …. I didn’t expect to find this inside.)pic.twitter.com/Rs3KVYfJfw
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The book I linked to offers different finger assignments. But also, the claim of this being the first book might be disputed...
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From an article published in 1893. https://books.google.com/books?id=MOkGAAAAYAAJ&dq=typewriting%20contest%20eight%20finger%20ten%20method&pg=PA560#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/moPgsqABKk
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And Bates Torrey, who is credited with the term "Touch Typing" (sort of) wrote a book in 1889: https://books.google.com/books?id=fHKhIeHAaYcC&lpg=PA3&ots=XLWGERQKzG&dq=practical%20typewriting%20by%20the%20all-finger%20method%201889&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=practical%20typewriting%20by%20the%20all-finger%20method%201889&f=false …
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Then there's this, from June 1889. https://books.google.com/books?id=OWdJAQAAMAAJ&dq=typewriting%20eight%20finger%20method&pg=PA152#v=onepage&q=all%20finger%20scientific%20typewriting&f=false …pic.twitter.com/9SRVmng8Vc
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If true, that would predate McGurrin's claim to inventing the method.
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I think McGurrin’s claim has been disputed already, c.f. The Economics of QWERTY. Those are great finds, though!
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(McGurrin’s Wikipedia page is actually kind of hilarious.)
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(As in: It’s both wrong, and it manages to contradict itself.)
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