The fax machine was invented 33 years before the telephone.
Scottish inventor Alexander Bain received patent 9745 on May 27, 1843 for his "Electric Printing Telegraph". Shortly after that, in 1865 (still 11 years before the telephone) Italian physicist Gi...
The fax machine was invented 33 years before the telephone.
Scottish inventor Alexander Bain received patent 9745 on May 27, 1843 for his "Electric Printing Telegraph". Shortly after that, in 1865 (still 11 years before the telephone) Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli introduced the first telefax service between Paris and Lyon.
Though there is some debate on who actually invented the telephone, on March 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell was indeed the first to be awarded the patent for the electric telephone. On March 10, 1876 Bell spoke into his new device, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." marking the first successful telephone transmission of clear speech.
On a side note... Bain looks oddly similar to Steve Carell.
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