Writing Ball Steampunk typewriter surfaces from Victorian era

Type writers are hatefully ugly noisy machines. However the Writing Ball etched in beauty and elegance is an absolute contrast to its in-famed counterpart. Developed in 1865 by Rasmus Malling Hansen, the office equipment descending from the Victorian age, wears steam punk design, as a hallmark of the age’s outstanding craftsmanship. The Writing Ball features a brass half-sphere covered with keys above a cylinder. The keys were pushed down to the center of the surface where the type got printed on the paper surface. It may be difficult to use but I am sure it would still look pretty resting in contemporary surrounding.

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