Sholes

[ shohlz ]

noun
  1. Christopher La·tham [ley-thuhm, -thuhm], /ˈleɪ θəm, -ðəm/, 1819–90, U.S. inventor of the typewriter.

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British Dictionary definitions for Sholes

Sholes

/ (ʃəʊlz) /


noun
  1. Christopher Latham. 1819–90, US inventor, who invented (1868) the typewriter and sold the patent to the Remington company (1873)

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