Yes. The person that invented the fax machine was British. Alexander Bain invented it in 1843 in England. At that point, it was only two pens connected to a pendulum that connected to a wire.
Fax machine's functions and other mechanical features does not change much over the years.
The telephone predated the fax machine by many decades.
The first fax machine was invented Alexander Bain in 1843.
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First fax machine was introduced in 1843 in England by Alexander Bain.
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As long as the person you're faxing has a fax machine, you can fax just about anyone.
The "original" version of the fax machine was invented by Alexander Bain. The first "fax service" was put into place by giovanni Caselli. Xerox is generally credited with the "modern day" fax machine in the 1960s.
There are a few ways a person can receive emails through a fax machine. The best way to do this is for the email to be forwarded to the fax machine so it is automatic.
Dedicated fax machine is the main fax machine that can be configured to where the fax will be receive and support extension fax machine.
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Australia would have seen a similar unit today's fax machine sometime in the 60s. Before then there may have been services similar to a fascimile service but not compatible with today's fax machines.