1. A working fax machine (pantelegraph) was invented ~1856.
2. Lincoln died in 1865.
3. The samurai were disbanded in the Meiji Restoration in 1867-8.
Conclusion:
There was a 9 year period (1856-1865) where a samurai could have sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln.
2. Lincoln died in 1865.
3. The samurai were disbanded in the Meiji Restoration in 1867-8.
Conclusion:
There was a 9 year period (1856-1865) where a samurai could have sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln.
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🧪Great example of counterintuitive history:
The 1st fax machine ('pantelegraph') was developed by Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli in 1856, 20 years before Bell's telephone.
Tsar Nicholas & Emperor Napoleon III purchased licenses.
It took 108 seconds per page.
Photo by Alessandro Nassiri
The 1st fax machine ('pantelegraph') was developed by Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli in 1856, 20 years before Bell's telephone.
Tsar Nicholas & Emperor Napoleon III purchased licenses.
It took 108 seconds per page.
Photo by Alessandro Nassiri
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Now we need to know if he could have had ninjas too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Embassy_to_the_United_States
What am I missing here?
https://atlantic-cable.com/Article/SA/48/index.htm#:~:text=Submarine%20telegraph%20cables%20were%20first,and%20armoured%20by%20Siemens%20Brothers.
ERROR: No paper on recipient side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuUyt9RG7pk
Thank you for giving us all the gift of Knowledge. Still my favorite account here.