QUIZ: Guess Which Decade These Vintage Items Were Invented

Product December 21, 2023

When was the fax machine invented?

78%
woman using a fax machine
Retry Correct Incorrect Scottish inventor Alexander Bain invented the first practical and widely recognized version of the fax machine in the 1840s. His “fax facsimile” system used synchronized pendulums to scan an image and transmit it using telegraph lines.
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When was the fax machine invented?

  • 1850
  • 1840
  • 1890
  • 1950
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