Alexander Bain was a Scottish inventor and engineer who was the first to invent and patent the electric clock. He also created the first fax machine, known as Bain facsimile, and installed the railway telegraph lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Alexander Bain (12 October 1810-2 January 1877) was a Scottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock.
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