[typewriter] The typographer, America`s first typewriter, was first invented and made by William Austin Burt. == History == It was patented on July 23, 1829, as U.S. patent No. 5581X. United States Patent Office documents describes Burt`s American machine as `the actual construction of a type writing machine for the first time in any countr... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographer_(typewriter)