A crude form of carbon paper was patented by Ralph Wedgwood in 1806. The Wedgwood Patent Manifold Writer was patented in 1806 and initially intended as a means of helping blind people to write. But it was very quickly adapted for business use, and similar systems that were sold from 1806 until around the end of the 19th century enabled users to retain a copy of outgoing letters made with this carbon paper. Hyde & Co. manifold writers first appeared in the 1840s.
Subject Terms:
Buxton, T. F. Victor (Thomas Fowell Victor), Sir, 1865-1919. | Writing. | Carbon paper. | Copying processes.
Contributors:
Buxton, T. F. Victor (Thomas Fowell Victor), Sir, 1865-1919.