who bought the first fax machine and why if no one else had one?

Answer 1

Dude, good question!!!

Answer 2

Well, I'm not sure....but you should be able to find your answer with a little checking on the following info:

Alexander Bain (October 1811 – January 2, 1877), was a Scottish instrument inventor, technician, and clockmaker. He invented the electric clock, the electric printing telegraph, and the first fax machine. Bain installed the railway telegraph lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Frederick Bakewell made several improvements on Bain's design and demonstrated the device at the 1851 World's Fair in London.

As a designer for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in 1924, Richard H. Ranger invented the wireless photoradiogram, or transoceanic radio facsimile, the forerunner of today’s "Fax" machines. A photograph of President Calvin Coolidge sent from New York to London on November 29, 1924 became the first photo picture reproduced by transoceanic radio facsimile. Commercial use of Ranger’s product began two years later. Radio fax is still in common use today for transmitting weather charts and information.

An early method for facsimile transmission, the Hellschreiber, was invented in 1929 by Rudolf Hell, a pioneer in mechanical image scanning and transmission.

In 1985 Dr Hank Magnuski, founder of GammaLink, produced the first computer fax board, called GammaFax.

Answer 3

Good Morning :)

I believe I found a webpage that will not only tell you how and where the first fax machine originated, but how it was used and continues to be used today! There is sure a lot of information here -- but it's also very interesting! Thanks for the question! I learned a lot :)

Answer 4

Several were probably installed in various offices of some large corporation first, so the New York office could FAX things to the Chicago office, etc.

Answer 5

I am pretty certain the 1st Fax machince was part of a "set"