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jan 1, 1885 - Mimeograph

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Thomas Edison sold Albert Blake Dick his patents for the mimeograph in 1885. Edison worked with Dick to market the mimeograph and they named in the Edison Mimeograph. This invention became the first used duplicating machine. The mimeograph works by forcing ink into a stencil which then prints onto paper.

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jan 1, 1885
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~ 141 years ago

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