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Miles M. Bartholomew Stenograph Patent Model
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This stenograph patent model accompanied Miles M. Bartholomew’s patent application that received patent number 215,554 on May 20th, 1879. The patent was described as “the provision, in a stenographic machine, of two sets of keys, preferably five on each set, one key for the thumb and one for each of the fingers.” Each key was related to a marker to make an impression on or perforation in the paper spooled from the roller at the head of the model. Stenotype machines do not have a full alphanumeric keyboard, instead they write in shorthand with multiple key depressions that produce syllables or words.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineMiles M. Bartholomew Stenograph Patent Model. 1879. Bartholomew, Miles M.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
