单词 | writing machine |
释义 | > as lemmaswriting machine C6. As a modifier, designating a device used to produce a written or typed document, or to reproduce or copy such a document, as writing engine, writing machine, etc. Π 1695 Athenian Mercury 9 Apr. The Writing Engine, for taking several Copies of the same thing at once. 1705 J. Dunton Life & Errors iv. 239 [Ridpath] invented The Polygraphy, or Writing Engin. 1878 Brit. Trade Jrnl. 2 Dec. 630/1 It is claimed that the writing ball possesses many advantages over the ordinary method of writing with a pen. The writing is easy to read,..and as many as ten copies made at once. 1895 W. M. Morrill in Amer. Electr. Cases 2 449 Cowper's writing telegraph has lately been invented, the nature of which is that a person holding a pen at one end of the wire can write or even draw with it, and..a fac-simile is produced by a corresponding pen..at the other end of the wire. 1936 Coleman (Alberta) Jrnl. 22 Oct. 8/3 (advert.) The improved Remington-Rand Portable Typewriters are without question the finest value and most durable writing machines made. 2017 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) in courier-journal.com 5 May (accessed 20 July 2021) Hard to believe that the writing device that I began my career on almost four decades ago is now a ‘rare, vintage antique’. < as lemmas |
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