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Henry Mill
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<p> Henry Mill (c. 1683–1771) was an English inventor who <a href="/facts/Patent/LjT2bG3A">patented</a> the first <a href="/facts/Typewriter/CHE43FWP">typewriter</a> in 1714. He worked as a waterworks engineer for the <a href="/facts/New_River_Company/hAhEfcS9">New River Company</a>, and submitted two patents during his lifetime. One was for a coach spring, while the other was for a "Machine for Transcribing Letters". The machine that he invented appears, from the patent, to have been similar to a typewriter, but nothing further is known. Other early developers of typewriting machines include <a href="/facts/Pellegrino_Turri/41dDx9Wn">Pellegrino Turri</a>. Many of these early machines, including Turri's, were developed to enable the <a href="/facts/Blindness/sFuqKj3n">blind</a> to write. </p>