Mitterhofer, Peter#

b. Partschins/Parcines (South Tyrol), Sept. 20, 1822, d. Partschins, Aug. 27, 1893, joiner and inventor. Between 1864-1869 built five typewriters, 4 of which have been preserved (Vienna, Bozen/Bolzano and Dresden). The first two models were made of wood, the others of metal. The last model in 1869 had all the fundamental constructional details of a mechanical typewriter (type basket, margin setter, numeric keyboard, platen, automatic line feed and multistep mechanism). M. presented his inventions at the imperial court in Vienna in 1864 and 1866 and received 200 and 150 gulden for them; however, the Polytechnical Institute did not support him. Embittered he hid his type writers in the attic, where they were found in 1905 and 1911.

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