The first electric typewriter was built in 1902 by Blickensderfer and was called the Blick Electric. The first electric typewriter which attained some sort of commercial success was the Remington Electric of 1925.
Eventually in 1933 Remington's electric typewriter was taken over by International Business Machines (IBM) under the name Electromatic.
In 1947 the Executive model with proportional spacing was introduced by, followed by the single-element Selectric in 1960 - commonly known today as the "golf-ball" as the type element was easily interchangeable.
By now, we have reached the final stage of typewriter development!
Den första elskrivmaskinen tillverkades redan 1902 av amerikanska Blickensderfer. Det var dock inte förrän med 1925 års Remington Electric som elskrivmaskinen började vinna terräng.
1933 övertogs tillverkningen av International Business Machines - mera känt som IBM. Dåtidens Electromatic var stor och klumpig med utanpåliggande motor och slamrande typarmar.
1947 lanserades modell Executive med varierande bokstavsbredd - ett i är ju betydligt smalare än ett W. 1960 var det dags för nästa stora nyhet - IBM Selectric med utbytbar typkula.
Därmed har vi nått fram till slutsteget i skrivmaskinens utvecklingshistoria!