[ME:]
Books never used it. The tradition in typing was developed to assist typesetters to navigate the typewritten text they were setting. The typesetters never put two spaces after a full stop.I'm looking at what looks like a US edition/printing (1902) of the US-American novel Moby-Dick:
books.google.com/books?id=d4VNAAAAYAAJ
On page 454, I see the following line:
I␣must␣go.␣␣Mr.␣Starbuck,␣look␣at␣the␣binnacle␣watch,␣and␣inStephan
