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Word: marchant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Electronic Bill Writer. A transistorized electric typewriter that takes instruction from a punched paper tape and automatically types in all the repetitive material on business order forms was put on sale by Smith-Corona Marchant Inc. The machine stops at the proper place on the form to let the operator type in such variables as quantity of items ordered. At the same time it prepares a punch tape record of the whole order, so that subsequent copies can be made automatically. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goods & Services: New Ideas | 2/17/1961 | See Source »

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