Weatherday: Clackety-Clack

St Brigid's Well, Kildare (2015).

Cloudy and wet in the morning, with heavy rain showers from the afternoon through early evening. 

Highest temperature 12deg in light breezes from the north. 

On this day in 1892 the first patent for a truly portable typewriter was granted to George Blickensderfer of Stamford, USA. His company would later become one of the world's largest typewriter manufacturers.

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