Alexander Bain and the First Fax - ThoughtCo
WEBMar 20, 2019 · In 1843, Alexander Bain received a British patent for “improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in timepieces and in electric printing and signal telegraphs”, in laymen's terms a fax machine.
Alexander Bain (inventor) - Wikipedia
WEBBain's improved facsimile 1850. Bain worked on an experimental fax machine from 1843 to 1846. He used a clock to synchronise the movement of two pendulums for line-by-line scanning of a message. For transmission, Bain applied metal pins arranged on a cylinder made of insulating material.
Alexander Bain Biography – Fax Machine Inventor
WEBAug 9, 2021 · Alexander Bain Biography – Fax Machine Inventor. Last Update: August 9th, 2021. Alexander Bain (October 1811 – 2 January 1877) was famous for being the first to patent the electric clock, as well as installing the railway telegraph lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The History of Fax (from 1843 to Present Day) | Fax Authority
WEBAug 9, 2021 · Alexander Bain, Inventor of the Fax Working on an experimental fax machine between 1843 and 1846, he was able to synchronize the movement of two pendulums through a clock, and with that motion scan a message on a line by line basis.
The Invention of the Fax Machine | Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe earliest form of the fax machine is attributed to Scottish inventor Alexander Bain (1818-1903). In 1843 Bain created and patented a device that simulated a two-dimensional image, making significant improvements on the telegraph.
The History of the Fax Machine - Alexander Bain - The Inventors
WEBFacsimile transmission over wires or faxing was invented by Alexander Bain, a Scottish mechanic who in 1843 received a British patent for “improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in timepieces and in electric printing and signal telegraphs.”
The history of the fax machine (and why it's not dead yet)
WEBMar 28, 2019 · By the mid-19th century Alexander Bain, a Scottish clockmaker, had already patented a very rudimentary version of the fax machine. Bain's prototype was the automatic chemical telegraph.
Alexander Bain | Scottish inventor | Britannica
WEBfacsimile transmission. In fax: Early telegraph facsimile. …wires traces its origins to Alexander Bain, a Scottish mechanic. In 1843, less than seven years after the invention of the telegraph by American Samuel F.B. Morse, Bain received a British patent for “improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in ...
The clock, the fax, and the genius from Watten
WEBAlexander Bain’s original patent drawing for the fax machine Sending documents by telegraph. Bain filed another patent together with Robert Smith, a chemistry lecturer from Perthshire, which described another invention: a ‘chemical telegraph’. The message was sent as dots and dashes.
WEBAlexander Bain (1810-76) is a virtually forgotten nineteenth century engineer. If he is ever mentioned, it is usually as inventor of the fax machine without any acknowledgement of his other inventions or his significance.