Beck's typewriter and office machine museum in Pfäffikon ZH, Switzerland Beck's typewriter and office machine museum in Pfäffikon ZH, Switzerland
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Malling Hansen - 1867
Sholes & Glidden - 1874
Crandall - 1886
Kosmopolit - 1888
Columbia Index Mod. 1 - 1884
Salter Mod. 5 - 1892
Lambert - 1896
Edelmann - 1897
Diskret - 1898
Mignon Mod. 2 Rot - 1902
Liliput Duplex - 1907
Darling - 1911
Virotyp - 1914
Volksschreibmaschine Diskret - 1898

Volksschreibmaschine Diskret - 1898


Made in Germany.
Manufacturer: Friedrich Rehmann, Karlsruhe.
Patent: Beyer & Markworth.
The main part of the machine consists of an oblique supported focusing scale with sign inscription and notches at the edge to set the rotary handle whose axis is connected by a gearwheel to the upright standing with rubber type provided character wheel.
The imprint was made on a flat, underneath the write mechanism lying paper by pressing on the left pushbutton. Ciphered writes has been produced with this machine.
This typewriter had no large distribution and remained meaningless.
Price: 75 reichsmark.