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28.02.2026
Historische Bürowelt No. 143 / March 2026

This issue contains

  • The Stainsby-Wayne - a typewriter for the blind from England
  • A gold medal for multiplication – Léon Bollée (1870–1913) and his inventions
  • A typewriter for Queen Victoria and the nation!
  • Supplement to the article "An Arithmometer for Lenin – Pravda Reveals the Truth"
    – Historische Bürowelt 141, p. 7 ff (2025)
  • Continental standard typewriters and their decorative front flaps
  • Little Shavers - Part I
English versions of these articles can be found in the members area.

24.02.2026
New: HBw-Aktuell 02/2026

This issue contains:

  • Historische Bürowelten im Museum ENTER Technikwelt Solothurn
  • Kochen und Backen ohne Kopfrechnen
  • "Reparatur" einer Scribola
  • Neue Beiträge in Typewriters Paradise

28.12.2025
New: HBw-Aktuell 01/2026

This issue contains:

  • Italian find
  • Criminal ...
  • New posts in Typewriters Paradise

28.12.2025
New: HBw-Aktuell 12/2025

This issue contains:

  • Event "Historical Office Worlds"
  • Handover of a decorated Sholes & Glidden
  • Soennecken's "Der kleine Rechner" (The Little Calculator) as a Christmas gift
  • "Typit special characters" – what were they?
  • New interesting typewriter book
  • Turning points in the analog and digital world (book review)

01.12.2025
Historische Bürowelt No. 142 / December 2025

This issue contains

  • Diplomat 1 - an unexpected reunion after many decades
  • The Facit Man (Facitgubben) - What a character !
  • Typewriter prototype by Lajos Pereszlényi –
    The smallest typebar typewriter with a full keyboard
  • Christiaan Huygens' adding and multiplying machine – the missing link? Part II
  • Experience report "Optima Erfurt" with exotic fonts
  • "Triumphator" from Leipzig and "Lehigh" from New York –
    involuntary relatives through the First World War
English versions of these articles can be found in the members area.

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