[GreenKeys] Slightly OT, A Movie you may Enjoy-

[Sam Hallas]

Bruce Gentry wrote:
>  With France in mind, how much did they have to do with teleprinters
>  and comparable machines? They are credited for inventing the fax
>  machine, even though it scanned physical type faces instead of an
>  image on paper.

That struck me as odd, Bruce. The principle of FAX is generally credited 
to Alexander Bain, a Scottish clock maker who devised a system of 
synchronised pendulums. A Google search on "Invention of FAX" does 
nothing to dispel that idea.

Sam