Title

Caselli's pantelegraph, 1874 Artist: Unknown

Caption

Caselli's pantelegraph, 1874. This device, invented by the Italian abbot and inventor Giovanni Caselli (1815-1891) was effectively an early fax machine. At the sending station the dispatch was written or drawn on sheet of metallized paper in thick insulating ink and placed on a curved plate. At the receiving station, a sheet of paper impregnated with potassium ferrocyanide was placed in a plate and a stylus produced an image on the impregnated paper. From Les Applications de la Physique by Amedee Guillemin. (Paris, 1874).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1874

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_232

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,0Mb) / 15,6in x 12,4in / 4683 x 3729 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian technology communication communications country science electricity electric chemistry telecommunications location century concept telegraph telecommunication invention B&W fax machine MONOCHROME facsimile 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive pantelegraph telegraphy wood engraving Unknown Giovanni Amedee Guillemin Guillemin Amedee Giovanni Caselli Caselli Amedee Guillemin Giovanni Caselli wood engraving