Royal Model 10
Around the turn of the century, two men named Hess and Meyers came up with the idea for a frictionless ball bearing track. This invention caught the eyes of investors who helped the up and coming inventors into starting Royal Typewriter in 1904. Their first model, the flatbed, was wildly successful, and was one of the predecessors to the Model 10. The Royal Model 10 was a desktop model, and it weighed between 30 and 40 pounds. Production on these machines began in late 1913 and ran until around 1931. The first variation of the machine had open side panels to display the intricate mechanics. This later changed into two beveled glass panels on either side in late 1915. The final change to the overall design was single glass bevels on either side replacing the double ones in 1923. By 1931, the company had produced over a million machines, though on October 9th of 1926, the company announced their millionth mach ine in total: not just the ...