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Malling-Hansen "Writing Ball" (Reproduction)The world's first commercially produced typewriter,
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Malling-Hansen "Writing Ball" (Reproduction)
The world's first commercially produced typewriter, designed by Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835-1890), Copenhagen, Denmark. With hemisphere of 54 spring-loaded and engraved alpha-numeric typebars supported on three brass columns with set-screw adjustment and geared mechanism, diameter of hemisphere 5 ¼ in. (13,5 cm), approx. ht. 8 ½ in. (21,5 cm), excellent general condition. - Reverend Rasmus Malling-Hansen, principal of the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Copenhagen, designed his unique ergonomic typewriter in 1865 to help students to "speak with their fingers". "In a given time one can say five times as many sounds as can be written", he argued in his patent application of 25 January 1870. "In other words, one speaks five times as fast as one writes." Malling-Hansen positioned letters, numbers and symbols on a hemisphere to facilitate "quick writing", the vowels operated by the fingers of the left hand, the consonants by the fingers on the right. The intended result - the writing speed would be "easily two to three times as fast as normal, and practice in using the apparatus should be able to bring this speed up to speech speed." - Each of the fifty-four typebars is aligned at a different angle, yet all converge on the paper at a common point. The beauty of Malling-Hansen's design was not restricted to the layout of the typebars, but displayed all the significant refinements of writing machines introduced 40-50 years later: automatic carriage return and line spacing, a space bar, a bell to signal the end of the line, provision for carbon paper copies, a ribbon reverse and - most significant of all - visible writing by raising the typing mechanism. - The Writing Ball's most celebrated user - but not its happiest - was the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. "Hurrah! The machine has arrived at my house!" wrote Nietzsche to his sister on 11 February 1882 upon the delivery of the machine he had ordered for 375 Danish krone the year before. Beset by failing eyesight, the philosopher had hoped that the new invention would allow him to write more easily. Despite his initial excitement, Nietzsche eventually gave up on the intricate machine after it was damaged during a trip to Genoa, Italy, though not before immortalizing his struggle in verse: "The writing ball is a thing like me:/Made of iron yet easily twisted on journeys/Patience and tact are required in abundance/As well as fine fingers to use us." - Fortunately for its inventory, not all of the reviews were so negative. A journalist visiting the Paris World's Fair in 1878 compared the Writing Ball favorably with the new Sholes & Gliddern "Typewriter" introduced by E. Remington & Sons of Ilion, New York, in 1874. "The Danish apparatus has more keys, is much less complicated, built with greater precision, more solid, and much smaller and lighter than the Remington, and moreover, is cheaper." - From a total of only 180 machines produced, only thirty-five are believed to have survived: thirty in museum collections, a handful still in private hands. - Literature: Ernst Martin (1949), "Die Schreibmaschine und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte", pp. 60, 351 and 460. - For background on Nietzsche's machine: http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/friedrich-nietzsches-curious-typewriter.html. - A fabulous icon of design as well as an important historical document for the entire history of communication! A faithful copy in working condition, with fitted mahogany case.
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Schreibkugel Malling-Hansen (Replika)
Als erste serienmäßig hergestellte Schreibmaschine der Welt ist sie in die Geschichte und Literatur eingegangen. Pastor Rasmus Hans Johan Malling-Hansen, Direktor der Kopenhagener Taubstummen-Anstalt, erfand dieses technische Präzisionswunderwerk: 54 halbkugelförmig angeordnete Typenhebel gleiten federgeführt auf einen zentrischen Gegendruckstempel von nur 25 mm², d.h., daß jede Tastenstange aus einem anderen Winkel auf die nur 5 x 5 mm große Gegendruckfläche auftrifft. So muß jeder einzelne Buchstabe in einem anderen Winkel "verzerrt" sein, um auf dem Papier ein einheitliches Schriftbild wiederzugeben. Zur Zeit Malling-Hansens mußten diese Buchstaben in Schriftgießereien der Druckindustrie von professionellen Kupferstechern graviert werden. Solche Künstler sind heute nicht mehr zu finden, da die Elektronik das Setzerhandwerk völlig verdrängt hat. Technisch ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bereits mit nahezu allen Raffinessen ausgerüstet, wie sie erst 40-50 Jahre später allgemein auf den Markt kommen sollten: automatischer Wagenrücklauf, automatische Zeilenschaltung, Leertaste, Skala für eingezogene Absätze, Glocke als Signal für das Zeilenende, Möglichkeit zur Anfertigung von Durchschlägen (mittels Kohlepapier), Farbbandumschaltung und - last but not least - sichtbares Schreiben (durch Anheben des Schreibkopfes). Das sind auch aus heutiger Sicht sensationelle Finessen, die lange Zeit unübertroffen bleiben sollten. Neben ihrer technischen Präzision besticht die Malling-Hansen'sche Schreibkugel vor allem durch ihr dekoratives Design. - Von einstmals nur 180 hergestellten Maschinen befinden sich heute weltweit nur noch 5 Modelle in Privatbesitz (2 davon mit Moon'scher Blindenschrifttastatur), alle übrigen (etwa 30) sind bereits in Museumskollektionen eingegangen und so für Privatsammler für immer vom Markt verschwunden - Literatur: Martin, 1949, S. 60, 351 und 460. - Die Schreibkugel von Pastor Malling-Hansen ist schon mit bei uns erzielten € 92.000,- (US$ 103.000) und sogar mit € 131.000,- (US$ 147.000) die teuerste historische Schreibmaschine aller Zeiten. - Zweifellos ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bis heute sowohl technisch als auch optisch das Prunkstück in jeder anspruchsvollen Sammlung und Ausstellung. - Dieses Modell ist sowohl eine Ikone in Design als auch ein Meilenstein in der technischen Entwicklungsgeschichte der gesamten Kommunikationstechnik! Eine exzellente Kopie in gut funktionierendem Zustand, mit Mahagonikasten.
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The world's first commercially produced typewriter, designed by Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835-1890), Copenhagen, Denmark. With hemisphere of 54 spring-loaded and engraved alpha-numeric typebars supported on three brass columns with set-screw adjustment and geared mechanism, diameter of hemisphere 5 ¼ in. (13,5 cm), approx. ht. 8 ½ in. (21,5 cm), excellent general condition. - Reverend Rasmus Malling-Hansen, principal of the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Copenhagen, designed his unique ergonomic typewriter in 1865 to help students to "speak with their fingers". "In a given time one can say five times as many sounds as can be written", he argued in his patent application of 25 January 1870. "In other words, one speaks five times as fast as one writes." Malling-Hansen positioned letters, numbers and symbols on a hemisphere to facilitate "quick writing", the vowels operated by the fingers of the left hand, the consonants by the fingers on the right. The intended result - the writing speed would be "easily two to three times as fast as normal, and practice in using the apparatus should be able to bring this speed up to speech speed." - Each of the fifty-four typebars is aligned at a different angle, yet all converge on the paper at a common point. The beauty of Malling-Hansen's design was not restricted to the layout of the typebars, but displayed all the significant refinements of writing machines introduced 40-50 years later: automatic carriage return and line spacing, a space bar, a bell to signal the end of the line, provision for carbon paper copies, a ribbon reverse and - most significant of all - visible writing by raising the typing mechanism. - The Writing Ball's most celebrated user - but not its happiest - was the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. "Hurrah! The machine has arrived at my house!" wrote Nietzsche to his sister on 11 February 1882 upon the delivery of the machine he had ordered for 375 Danish krone the year before. Beset by failing eyesight, the philosopher had hoped that the new invention would allow him to write more easily. Despite his initial excitement, Nietzsche eventually gave up on the intricate machine after it was damaged during a trip to Genoa, Italy, though not before immortalizing his struggle in verse: "The writing ball is a thing like me:/Made of iron yet easily twisted on journeys/Patience and tact are required in abundance/As well as fine fingers to use us." - Fortunately for its inventory, not all of the reviews were so negative. A journalist visiting the Paris World's Fair in 1878 compared the Writing Ball favorably with the new Sholes & Gliddern "Typewriter" introduced by E. Remington & Sons of Ilion, New York, in 1874. "The Danish apparatus has more keys, is much less complicated, built with greater precision, more solid, and much smaller and lighter than the Remington, and moreover, is cheaper." - From a total of only 180 machines produced, only thirty-five are believed to have survived: thirty in museum collections, a handful still in private hands. - Literature: Ernst Martin (1949), "Die Schreibmaschine und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte", pp. 60, 351 and 460. - For background on Nietzsche's machine: http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/friedrich-nietzsches-curious-typewriter.html. - A fabulous icon of design as well as an important historical document for the entire history of communication! A faithful copy in working condition, with fitted mahogany case.
Zustand: (1-2/2)
Schreibkugel Malling-Hansen (Replika)
Als erste serienmäßig hergestellte Schreibmaschine der Welt ist sie in die Geschichte und Literatur eingegangen. Pastor Rasmus Hans Johan Malling-Hansen, Direktor der Kopenhagener Taubstummen-Anstalt, erfand dieses technische Präzisionswunderwerk: 54 halbkugelförmig angeordnete Typenhebel gleiten federgeführt auf einen zentrischen Gegendruckstempel von nur 25 mm², d.h., daß jede Tastenstange aus einem anderen Winkel auf die nur 5 x 5 mm große Gegendruckfläche auftrifft. So muß jeder einzelne Buchstabe in einem anderen Winkel "verzerrt" sein, um auf dem Papier ein einheitliches Schriftbild wiederzugeben. Zur Zeit Malling-Hansens mußten diese Buchstaben in Schriftgießereien der Druckindustrie von professionellen Kupferstechern graviert werden. Solche Künstler sind heute nicht mehr zu finden, da die Elektronik das Setzerhandwerk völlig verdrängt hat. Technisch ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bereits mit nahezu allen Raffinessen ausgerüstet, wie sie erst 40-50 Jahre später allgemein auf den Markt kommen sollten: automatischer Wagenrücklauf, automatische Zeilenschaltung, Leertaste, Skala für eingezogene Absätze, Glocke als Signal für das Zeilenende, Möglichkeit zur Anfertigung von Durchschlägen (mittels Kohlepapier), Farbbandumschaltung und - last but not least - sichtbares Schreiben (durch Anheben des Schreibkopfes). Das sind auch aus heutiger Sicht sensationelle Finessen, die lange Zeit unübertroffen bleiben sollten. Neben ihrer technischen Präzision besticht die Malling-Hansen'sche Schreibkugel vor allem durch ihr dekoratives Design. - Von einstmals nur 180 hergestellten Maschinen befinden sich heute weltweit nur noch 5 Modelle in Privatbesitz (2 davon mit Moon'scher Blindenschrifttastatur), alle übrigen (etwa 30) sind bereits in Museumskollektionen eingegangen und so für Privatsammler für immer vom Markt verschwunden - Literatur: Martin, 1949, S. 60, 351 und 460. - Die Schreibkugel von Pastor Malling-Hansen ist schon mit bei uns erzielten € 92.000,- (US$ 103.000) und sogar mit € 131.000,- (US$ 147.000) die teuerste historische Schreibmaschine aller Zeiten. - Zweifellos ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bis heute sowohl technisch als auch optisch das Prunkstück in jeder anspruchsvollen Sammlung und Ausstellung. - Dieses Modell ist sowohl eine Ikone in Design als auch ein Meilenstein in der technischen Entwicklungsgeschichte der gesamten Kommunikationstechnik! Eine exzellente Kopie in gut funktionierendem Zustand, mit Mahagonikasten.
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Malling-Hansen "Writing Ball" (Reproduction)
The world's first commercially produced typewriter, designed by Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835-1890), Copenhagen, Denmark. With hemisphere of 54 spring-loaded and engraved alpha-numeric typebars supported on three brass columns with set-screw adjustment and geared mechanism, diameter of hemisphere 5 ¼ in. (13,5 cm), approx. ht. 8 ½ in. (21,5 cm), excellent general condition. - Reverend Rasmus Malling-Hansen, principal of the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Copenhagen, designed his unique ergonomic typewriter in 1865 to help students to "speak with their fingers". "In a given time one can say five times as many sounds as can be written", he argued in his patent application of 25 January 1870. "In other words, one speaks five times as fast as one writes." Malling-Hansen positioned letters, numbers and symbols on a hemisphere to facilitate "quick writing", the vowels operated by the fingers of the left hand, the consonants by the fingers on the right. The intended result - the writing speed would be "easily two to three times as fast as normal, and practice in using the apparatus should be able to bring this speed up to speech speed." - Each of the fifty-four typebars is aligned at a different angle, yet all converge on the paper at a common point. The beauty of Malling-Hansen's design was not restricted to the layout of the typebars, but displayed all the significant refinements of writing machines introduced 40-50 years later: automatic carriage return and line spacing, a space bar, a bell to signal the end of the line, provision for carbon paper copies, a ribbon reverse and - most significant of all - visible writing by raising the typing mechanism. - The Writing Ball's most celebrated user - but not its happiest - was the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. "Hurrah! The machine has arrived at my house!" wrote Nietzsche to his sister on 11 February 1882 upon the delivery of the machine he had ordered for 375 Danish krone the year before. Beset by failing eyesight, the philosopher had hoped that the new invention would allow him to write more easily. Despite his initial excitement, Nietzsche eventually gave up on the intricate machine after it was damaged during a trip to Genoa, Italy, though not before immortalizing his struggle in verse: "The writing ball is a thing like me:/Made of iron yet easily twisted on journeys/Patience and tact are required in abundance/As well as fine fingers to use us." - Fortunately for its inventory, not all of the reviews were so negative. A journalist visiting the Paris World's Fair in 1878 compared the Writing Ball favorably with the new Sholes & Gliddern "Typewriter" introduced by E. Remington & Sons of Ilion, New York, in 1874. "The Danish apparatus has more keys, is much less complicated, built with greater precision, more solid, and much smaller and lighter than the Remington, and moreover, is cheaper." - From a total of only 180 machines produced, only thirty-five are believed to have survived: thirty in museum collections, a handful still in private hands. - Literature: Ernst Martin (1949), "Die Schreibmaschine und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte", pp. 60, 351 and 460. - For background on Nietzsche's machine: http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/friedrich-nietzsches-curious-typewriter.html. - A fabulous icon of design as well as an important historical document for the entire history of communication! A faithful copy in working condition, with fitted mahogany case.
Zustand: (1-2/2)
Schreibkugel Malling-Hansen (Replika)
Als erste serienmäßig hergestellte Schreibmaschine der Welt ist sie in die Geschichte und Literatur eingegangen. Pastor Rasmus Hans Johan Malling-Hansen, Direktor der Kopenhagener Taubstummen-Anstalt, erfand dieses technische Präzisionswunderwerk: 54 halbkugelförmig angeordnete Typenhebel gleiten federgeführt auf einen zentrischen Gegendruckstempel von nur 25 mm², d.h., daß jede Tastenstange aus einem anderen Winkel auf die nur 5 x 5 mm große Gegendruckfläche auftrifft. So muß jeder einzelne Buchstabe in einem anderen Winkel "verzerrt" sein, um auf dem Papier ein einheitliches Schriftbild wiederzugeben. Zur Zeit Malling-Hansens mußten diese Buchstaben in Schriftgießereien der Druckindustrie von professionellen Kupferstechern graviert werden. Solche Künstler sind heute nicht mehr zu finden, da die Elektronik das Setzerhandwerk völlig verdrängt hat. Technisch ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bereits mit nahezu allen Raffinessen ausgerüstet, wie sie erst 40-50 Jahre später allgemein auf den Markt kommen sollten: automatischer Wagenrücklauf, automatische Zeilenschaltung, Leertaste, Skala für eingezogene Absätze, Glocke als Signal für das Zeilenende, Möglichkeit zur Anfertigung von Durchschlägen (mittels Kohlepapier), Farbbandumschaltung und - last but not least - sichtbares Schreiben (durch Anheben des Schreibkopfes). Das sind auch aus heutiger Sicht sensationelle Finessen, die lange Zeit unübertroffen bleiben sollten. Neben ihrer technischen Präzision besticht die Malling-Hansen'sche Schreibkugel vor allem durch ihr dekoratives Design. - Von einstmals nur 180 hergestellten Maschinen befinden sich heute weltweit nur noch 5 Modelle in Privatbesitz (2 davon mit Moon'scher Blindenschrifttastatur), alle übrigen (etwa 30) sind bereits in Museumskollektionen eingegangen und so für Privatsammler für immer vom Markt verschwunden - Literatur: Martin, 1949, S. 60, 351 und 460. - Die Schreibkugel von Pastor Malling-Hansen ist schon mit bei uns erzielten € 92.000,- (US$ 103.000) und sogar mit € 131.000,- (US$ 147.000) die teuerste historische Schreibmaschine aller Zeiten. - Zweifellos ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bis heute sowohl technisch als auch optisch das Prunkstück in jeder anspruchsvollen Sammlung und Ausstellung. - Dieses Modell ist sowohl eine Ikone in Design als auch ein Meilenstein in der technischen Entwicklungsgeschichte der gesamten Kommunikationstechnik! Eine exzellente Kopie in gut funktionierendem Zustand, mit Mahagonikasten.
Condition: (1-2/2)
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21.80 % buyer's premium on the hammer price
19.00 % VAT on buyer's premium
The world's first commercially produced typewriter, designed by Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835-1890), Copenhagen, Denmark. With hemisphere of 54 spring-loaded and engraved alpha-numeric typebars supported on three brass columns with set-screw adjustment and geared mechanism, diameter of hemisphere 5 ¼ in. (13,5 cm), approx. ht. 8 ½ in. (21,5 cm), excellent general condition. - Reverend Rasmus Malling-Hansen, principal of the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Copenhagen, designed his unique ergonomic typewriter in 1865 to help students to "speak with their fingers". "In a given time one can say five times as many sounds as can be written", he argued in his patent application of 25 January 1870. "In other words, one speaks five times as fast as one writes." Malling-Hansen positioned letters, numbers and symbols on a hemisphere to facilitate "quick writing", the vowels operated by the fingers of the left hand, the consonants by the fingers on the right. The intended result - the writing speed would be "easily two to three times as fast as normal, and practice in using the apparatus should be able to bring this speed up to speech speed." - Each of the fifty-four typebars is aligned at a different angle, yet all converge on the paper at a common point. The beauty of Malling-Hansen's design was not restricted to the layout of the typebars, but displayed all the significant refinements of writing machines introduced 40-50 years later: automatic carriage return and line spacing, a space bar, a bell to signal the end of the line, provision for carbon paper copies, a ribbon reverse and - most significant of all - visible writing by raising the typing mechanism. - The Writing Ball's most celebrated user - but not its happiest - was the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. "Hurrah! The machine has arrived at my house!" wrote Nietzsche to his sister on 11 February 1882 upon the delivery of the machine he had ordered for 375 Danish krone the year before. Beset by failing eyesight, the philosopher had hoped that the new invention would allow him to write more easily. Despite his initial excitement, Nietzsche eventually gave up on the intricate machine after it was damaged during a trip to Genoa, Italy, though not before immortalizing his struggle in verse: "The writing ball is a thing like me:/Made of iron yet easily twisted on journeys/Patience and tact are required in abundance/As well as fine fingers to use us." - Fortunately for its inventory, not all of the reviews were so negative. A journalist visiting the Paris World's Fair in 1878 compared the Writing Ball favorably with the new Sholes & Gliddern "Typewriter" introduced by E. Remington & Sons of Ilion, New York, in 1874. "The Danish apparatus has more keys, is much less complicated, built with greater precision, more solid, and much smaller and lighter than the Remington, and moreover, is cheaper." - From a total of only 180 machines produced, only thirty-five are believed to have survived: thirty in museum collections, a handful still in private hands. - Literature: Ernst Martin (1949), "Die Schreibmaschine und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte", pp. 60, 351 and 460. - For background on Nietzsche's machine: http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/friedrich-nietzsches-curious-typewriter.html. - A fabulous icon of design as well as an important historical document for the entire history of communication! A faithful copy in working condition, with fitted mahogany case.
Zustand: (1-2/2)
Schreibkugel Malling-Hansen (Replika)
Als erste serienmäßig hergestellte Schreibmaschine der Welt ist sie in die Geschichte und Literatur eingegangen. Pastor Rasmus Hans Johan Malling-Hansen, Direktor der Kopenhagener Taubstummen-Anstalt, erfand dieses technische Präzisionswunderwerk: 54 halbkugelförmig angeordnete Typenhebel gleiten federgeführt auf einen zentrischen Gegendruckstempel von nur 25 mm², d.h., daß jede Tastenstange aus einem anderen Winkel auf die nur 5 x 5 mm große Gegendruckfläche auftrifft. So muß jeder einzelne Buchstabe in einem anderen Winkel "verzerrt" sein, um auf dem Papier ein einheitliches Schriftbild wiederzugeben. Zur Zeit Malling-Hansens mußten diese Buchstaben in Schriftgießereien der Druckindustrie von professionellen Kupferstechern graviert werden. Solche Künstler sind heute nicht mehr zu finden, da die Elektronik das Setzerhandwerk völlig verdrängt hat. Technisch ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bereits mit nahezu allen Raffinessen ausgerüstet, wie sie erst 40-50 Jahre später allgemein auf den Markt kommen sollten: automatischer Wagenrücklauf, automatische Zeilenschaltung, Leertaste, Skala für eingezogene Absätze, Glocke als Signal für das Zeilenende, Möglichkeit zur Anfertigung von Durchschlägen (mittels Kohlepapier), Farbbandumschaltung und - last but not least - sichtbares Schreiben (durch Anheben des Schreibkopfes). Das sind auch aus heutiger Sicht sensationelle Finessen, die lange Zeit unübertroffen bleiben sollten. Neben ihrer technischen Präzision besticht die Malling-Hansen'sche Schreibkugel vor allem durch ihr dekoratives Design. - Von einstmals nur 180 hergestellten Maschinen befinden sich heute weltweit nur noch 5 Modelle in Privatbesitz (2 davon mit Moon'scher Blindenschrifttastatur), alle übrigen (etwa 30) sind bereits in Museumskollektionen eingegangen und so für Privatsammler für immer vom Markt verschwunden - Literatur: Martin, 1949, S. 60, 351 und 460. - Die Schreibkugel von Pastor Malling-Hansen ist schon mit bei uns erzielten € 92.000,- (US$ 103.000) und sogar mit € 131.000,- (US$ 147.000) die teuerste historische Schreibmaschine aller Zeiten. - Zweifellos ist diese erste Schreibmaschine der Welt bis heute sowohl technisch als auch optisch das Prunkstück in jeder anspruchsvollen Sammlung und Ausstellung. - Dieses Modell ist sowohl eine Ikone in Design als auch ein Meilenstein in der technischen Entwicklungsgeschichte der gesamten Kommunikationstechnik! Eine exzellente Kopie in gut funktionierendem Zustand, mit Mahagonikasten.
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