Copies in Seconds
New Yorker writer David Owen's recent book looks at the life of Chester Carlson, inventor of the photocopy machine and force behind the rise of Haloid Xerox. Owen gets deep into the naunce of invention, which in the case of the "Xerox machinie" has much to do with envisioning something unseen. Cast light on dust so to speak. This technology is taken for granted today. But I can remember a boy from Wisconsin who was disallowed to check out a library periodical, and was told he could use the public copier, circa 1965, for a dime a shot. And when the duplication came out, Elation! Soon was xeroxing drawings. Xeroixing photos and making collages. Had previously used transparent paper, hand notes and grid patterns to duplicate. Of course our era of duplication is now cosmic .. is it useful to remember when? - On Xerography father Chester Carlson -WSJ, Aug 6, 2004 [sub req]
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Note: Copying is the engine of civilization excerpt. When he was 10 his
favorite posession was a toy typewriter. Later he worked in a pirnt shop
and publised Amateur Chemists' Press - he was impressed by the amount of
labor involved in getting something into print. From interview with Ermenc
of Dartmouth - Smithsonian. Aug 2004
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