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The oldest reference I could locate was written by Mrs. L. Bronson in 1888 in her "Illustrated Shorthand" book. http://books.google.com/books?id=PjZIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA76&dq=%22quick+brown+fox%22+date:1800-1900&lr=&as_brr=0#PPA74,M1
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"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a panagram (a phrase that uses all the letters of the alphabet) that has been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards because it is coherent and short. It was known in the late 19th century, and Baden-Powell's book Scouting for Boys (1908) used the phrase as a practice sentence for signaling. It appears as a sample typing practice in L. Bronson's, Illustrative Shorthand, 1888. In the January 10, 1903 issue of Pitman's Phonetic Journal, it is referred to as "the well known memorized typing line embracing all the letters of the alphabet"." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog
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