1. By Martha Ramos
EDUC 515
History of the Fax Machine
2. Fax- short for facsimile, which means exact copy.
You are able to send a printed documents or images over a telephone
line in minutes or even seconds depending where you are sending the
fax.
What does a fax machine do?
3. The first fax machine was invented by Alexander Bain in
1843.Documents were transmitted over telegraph lines
1862, Giovanni Caselli built the pan telegraph, which was based on
Bains invention but also included a synchronizing apparatus.
1902, Arthur Korn, invented telephotography, a means for manually
breaking down and transmitting still photographs by means of
electrical wires.
The first fax machine
4. In France, Edouard Beeline constructed the Belinograph. His
invention involved placing an image on a cylinder and scanning it
with a powerful light beam that had a photoelectric cell, which
could convert light, or the absence of light, into transmittable
electrical impulses.
Richard H. Ranger invented the wireless photo radiogram, or oceanic
radio facsimile, the forerunner of todays "Fax"
machines.impulses.
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5. In 1947, Alexander Muirhead invented a very successful fax
machine. On March 4, 1955, the first radio fax transmission was
sent across the continent.
Fax machines became popular with consumersin the 1980s
Fax was used in homes and offices.
Now it is widely used for business purposes
The Modern Fax Machine
6. For several years the modern fax machine was expensivecosting
about $500 or more , now you can purchase one for about $100
dollars
It was also large, now it is smaller
It used to take aboutsix minutes.
Fax machine has really evolved since the 1980s
Now you can send and receive faxes through e-mails, cell phones and
hand held organizers.
The traditional fax machine still come in handy in the business
world
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7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqgUVItKxiQ
fax machine movie clip
