1938 Urania 8 #223812
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Dan Johnson (rdj)
Created: 02-22-2022 at 06:36AM
Last Edit: 02-22-2022 at 06:38AM
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Description:
Thanks to Rev. Munk for adding Urania serial numbers to the database! This is a "math" typewriter: note the meter-cubed/meter-squared key in the upper left corner, +/=, and two (so far unidentified) symbols: a triangle around a centered dot and a round "target" symbol.
The original description when I purchased this on eBay included this statement: "THIS VINTAGE, GERMAN-MADE TYPEWRITER BELONGED TO THE ESTATE OF A 92 YEAR OLD MAN WHO LIVED IN HUNGARY... IT IS A VERY HEAVY TYPEWRITER, ABOUT 42 LBS. IT WILL BE SHIPPED WELL-PADDED", and indeed, it was.
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Hunter: Dan Johnson (rdj)
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I have always loved typewriters along with other kinds of well-engineered tools and devices such as slide rules, calculators (particular HP), radios, cameras (particularly Nikons), and microscopes. In addition to appreciating their intrinsic beauty and utility, they represent "things that need to be figured out to be understood". That's how I first learned about computers and programming in the 1970s, by figuring things out for myself. It's activity in which I never seem to tire of engaging.
Although communities have arisen around other collection interests, typewriters have the advantage that those who use them also typically enjoy communicating through words, whether those words are about the machines themselves or their lives, hopes, dreams, or expressions of beauty. There's much to be appreciated here.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Urania 8 on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Urania Serial Number page and the Urania 8 By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
