QUIZ: Guess Which Decade These Vintage Items Were Invented

When was the fax machine invented?

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?

• 1840
• 1950
• 1850
• 1890