Did you know that there was a typewriter called "The Franklin"?
The Franklin is a downstroke-from-the-front machine with a curved keyboard. At least three British typewriters, the Salter, English and Imperial, have similar designs. This configuration offered visible writing (at least to a typist who craned her neck forward). Many nineteenth-century typewriter designers viewed the curved keyboard as ergonomically superior to the straight.For more on "The Franklin", you have my permission to click on through to view the site with photos here.
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