Chirographer
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A chirographer can refer to
- Someone who studies chirographyChirographyChirography is the study of penmanship and handwriting in all of its aspects ....
- a machine patented in 1842 by Charles ThurberCharles Thurber (inventor)Charles Thurber was an inventor who made important innovations in the early development of the typewriter. According to the book The Marvels of Modern Mechanism published in 1901, Charles invented and patented in 1843 the first practical typewriter, though it admits his machine was slow, crude and...
which was an early form of typewriterTypewriterA typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical device with keys that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a medium, usually paper. Typically one character is printed per keypress, and the machine prints the characters by making ink impressions of type elements similar to the pieces...
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