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Alexander Bain

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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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1810 1
Alexander Bain
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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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Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Alexander Bain
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
  • In Field: Electrical Engineering, Biography
    He invented the electric clock, the electric printing telegraph, and the first fax machine.
  • In Group: Telecommunications and Radio Engineers, Biography
    He invented the electric clock, the electric printing telegraph, and the first fax machine.
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