Minerva

Mechanical Braille Writers

Description: The Minerva was intended for children's use, invented in the 1920s by Toni Mahler, the technical director at the Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde in Leipzig, Germany, and patented there in 1931. It is one of the few braillewriters attributed to a female inventor. Mahler was the niece of DZB director Marie Lomnitz-Klamroth and joined the staff as a librarian in 1916. The DZB was founded in 1894.

Height: 2.25

Width: 6.5

Depth: 6

Date: 1931