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George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee, patented the first typewriter ribbon in 1886 under the patent number 349,026. The original ribbon was threaded on two spools and made of cotton. The ribbon was designed to be used in the Qwerty keyboard typewriter invented by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1868.
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National Council for Science and Technology Communication: Typewriter Ribbon Patented
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