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Portable Copying Machine by James Watt & Co. | M.S. Rau

May 15, 2020 | Rau Staff

 

Considered the first step into the world of modern photocopying, the copying machine was among the first widely used devices to successfully produce an exact copy of an original written work. Designed and patented in 1780 by one of history’s greatest inventors, James Watt, the copying machine was the only device in the 18th century that was able to duplicate letters; this particular model was also among the first portable copying machines ever made.
 

For more information on this 
Portable Copying Machine
by James Watt & Co., click here.

 

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