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Alexander Bain bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque
Alexander Bain bronze plaque
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This bronze commemorative plaque records: Alexander Bain 1810-1877 Inventor of the fax machine had his workshop here Recorded plaque organisation: Historic Environment Scotland.
Alexander Bain was a Scottish inventor who created the first facsimile machine in 1843, pioneering the technology that would later become known as the fax machine.

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