"Click, clack, click click, clack, ding!" Whatever your age may be, it's a series of sounds you've likely heard before and recognize. Whether you've heard it in person, in the movies, or simply as a media sound effect, the classic sounds of a typewriter have secured themselves a place in the social consciousness of our working culture. And it is a place well earned. History of the Typewriter Patented by American inventor Christopher Lathom Sholes in 1868, the typewriter w