The Fax Machine Before the Telephone
In short: Decades before the telephone, inventors were sending pictures over telegraph wires, from Alexander Bain's 1843 patent to Giovanni Caselli's short-lived Paris–Lyon fax service, yet fax only became ordinary in the 1980s.
A 2:17 short film in the series “Lost Futures”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Alexander Bain | Scottish inventor | Britannica”; BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation), “Emmy for Scottish TV pioneer Alexander Bain”; McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, “New Acquisition: FAX575 | McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture”; Smithsonian National Museum of American History, “Caselli Pantelegraph”; Academia.edu (hosting a paper from the 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference, HISTELCON), “A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859–1871”; IEEE (IEEE Xplore; conference paper by Jonathan Coopersmith, 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference), “A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859–1871”; hffax.de, a facsimile history site supplemented and revised by Marius Rensen, “History”; Smithsonian Institution, “Telephones Through Time: Smithsonian's Historic Collection”; Smithsonian Institution Archives, “The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!”; IEEE (IEEE Technology Navigator), “Facsimile | IEEE Technology Navigator”; IEEE-USA InSight (IEEE-USA), article by Michael Geselowitz of the IEEE History Center, “Your Engineering Heritage: Fax for the Memories”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Alexander Bain | Scottish inventor | Britannica · View →
- BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation) — Emmy for Scottish TV pioneer Alexander Bain · View →
- McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville — New Acquisition: FAX575 | McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture · View →
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — Caselli Pantelegraph · View →
- Academia.edu (hosting a paper from the 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference, HISTELCON) — A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859–1871 · View →
- IEEE (IEEE Xplore; conference paper by Jonathan Coopersmith, 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference) — A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859–1871 · View →
- hffax.de, a facsimile history site supplemented and revised by Marius Rensen — History · View →
- Smithsonian Institution — Telephones Through Time: Smithsonian's Historic Collection · View →
- Smithsonian Institution Archives — The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878! · View →
- IEEE (IEEE Technology Navigator) — Facsimile | IEEE Technology Navigator · View →
- IEEE-USA InSight (IEEE-USA), article by Michael Geselowitz of the IEEE History Center — Your Engineering Heritage: Fax for the Memories · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Alexander Bain | Scottish inventor | Britannica
- Also: BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation): Emmy for Scottish TV pioneer Alexander Bain
- Also: McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville: New Acquisition: FAX575 | McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture
- Also: Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Caselli Pantelegraph
- Also: Academia.edu (hosting a paper from the 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference, HISTELCON): A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859–1871
- Also: IEEE (IEEE Xplore; conference paper by Jonathan Coopersmith, 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference): A Florentine in in Paris: The Caselli pantelegraph and its successors, 1859–1871
- Also: hffax.de, a facsimile history site supplemented and revised by Marius Rensen: History
- Also: Smithsonian Institution: Telephones Through Time: Smithsonian's Historic Collection
- Also: Smithsonian Institution Archives: The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!
- Also: IEEE (IEEE Technology Navigator): Facsimile | IEEE Technology Navigator
- Also: IEEE-USA InSight (IEEE-USA), article by Michael Geselowitz of the IEEE History Center: Your Engineering Heritage: Fax for the Memories
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