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MACHINE PORTABLE [1 record]

Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
CONT

Portable typewriters are not considered to be "business" machines as such because they are not used to a great extent in business offices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
OBS

Classification des machines à écrire. [...] Les machines portatives ou machines portables [...] sont fixées dans un coffret qui permet de les transporter, d'où leur nom.

Spanish

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