Sending images through telephone lines to be reconstructed at the receiver’s end as a facsimile of the original — or fax — is nowadays being overtaken by other forms of electronic communication. But ...

Replica of a pantelegraph with transmitter and receiver. Credit: Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano / Wikimedia Commons The internet and the digital revolution ...

Abstract: The Historical Corner discusses the work and life of Giovanni Caselli, who invented the facsimile (fax) machine. This paper tells about Giovanni Caselli (Siena, May 25, 1815 Florence, ...

When was the Fax Machine Invented? Most Guesses Are Way Off Your email has been sent Most estimates are off by more than 100 years. Learn when the fax machine was actually invented and how it evolved ...

Giovanni Caselli was an Italian physicist. He is the inventor of the pantelegraph (a.k.a. Universal Telegraph or "all-purpose telegraph"), the predecessor of the modern fax machine. The world's first ...

Do you ever wonder how people survived in the past without a certain technology? Send a fax online, for example, and you may find yourself reflecting on life before faxing. The introduction of the fax ...

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Every October, I find myself, a second generation Italian American, wincing at both sides of the Columbus Day discussion. In one corner, Indigenous Americans rightfully decry the veneration of the man ...

Subsequently, the Pantelegraph was developed by Italian priest Father Giovanni Caselli, and first introduced for public service between Paris and Lyon in 1865, using the existing telegraph line ...