Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who invented type writer?

  1. Shockley

  2. Pascal

  3. Sholes

  4. Waterman
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Explanation

Christopher Latham Sholes, an American inventor, developed the first practical typewriter in the 1860s, with the QWERTY keyboard layout designed to prevent jamming. Sholes patented the typewriter in 1868. Shockley worked on transistors, Pascal invented the calculator, and Waterman is associated with fountain pens.

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