Early fax machine

Facsimile: Sytemes (de facsimile) phototelegraphiques = Phototelegraphie or Systemes (de facsimile) documentaires = Document-telegraphyFacsimile (Fac*sim”i*le) n.; pl. Facsimiles [L. fac simile make like; or an abrivation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See fact, and Simile. ]A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy likeness.Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.Facsimile (Fac*sim”i*le), v. t. make a facsimile