The Type writer was a helpful invention that was created in 1760, there is not only one inventor but three. Christopher Latham Sholes, Samuel Soule, and Carlos Gildden all collaborated in a different way. Sholes was in charge of the newspaper, he is also the inventor of the Qwerty. Soule, was the inventer of the numbering machine. Nevertheless Gildden, was the one who came up with the idea to come up with a writing system. All these three men put all of their ideas together leading to the type writer. Gildden was the most committed to this invention, he kept and kept on trying to make the type writer more functional. James Densmore, an investor, bought out Shole and Gildden. Later in 1871 the machine had been improved by a great amount leading for it to be patented. Moreover in 1873 Sholes and Densmore offered the type writer to Remington and his sons. He knew that with this offer they'd improve it with the right equipment. In conclusion Christopher Sholes received twelve thousand dollars while James Densmore chose royalty and also received a million and a half dollars. In conclusion the type writer was very helpful because with it they could type important letters, and documents faster.
http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Typewriters.htm
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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Dealing With Workers
In every work their are always complaints from the workers. One major complaint was, working from dawn til dusk. The Chinese workers order to have at least ten hours of work, they hated working long hours and never being home. They also wanted to have a raise of $5, these complaints led to a strike. During the strike Crocker cut off the workers supplies, stopped agents from delivering them food and provisions to their camps. Moreover Crocker made the butchers stop from providing meat, and worst of all he let his men sitting in their camps for weeks. If the Chinese workers decided not to work throughout the whole month of June, they wouldn't get paid. In conclusion they heard that news, leading to some of the workers to return.
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