Multiple choice general knowledge

Facsimile (fax) was invented in the year?

  1. 1842

  2. 1830

  3. 1836

  4. 1845
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Explanation

Alexander Bain patented the fax machine in 1842 (patent received in 1843). This makes 1842 the correct year for the invention of the facsimile machine, which worked by scanning documents and transmitting them via telegraph.

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