Kosmopolit (Cosmopolitan) typewriter, German (1888)

The Kosmopolit (Cosmopolitan) is a sophisticated, beautifully engineered linear index typewriter introduced in 1888 by sewing machine manufacturer Guhl & Harbeck of Hamburg. It succeeded the Hammonia (1884), Europe’s first commercially successful typewriter.

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