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The origins of fax (facsimile) technology extend back to the 19th century. Scottish inventor Alexander Bain became one of the pioneers in this field when he invented the first mechanical fax machine in 1843. Later inventors such as Shelford Bidwell and Elisha Gray laid the foundations of the technology by developing devices capable of transmitting images and handwritten documents electrically. The 1926 Experiment: The Beginning of a Revolution On 17 November 1926, the first fax message sent from