Story of the First Xerography Experiments
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content: Carlson, Chester F.
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content: This is a Xerox glass slide used in the first successful experiment in xerography.
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content: Chester Carlson (1906-1968) invented the process of electrophotography, or xerography, in 1938. Over the next five years, he met with and was turned down by more than 20 companies to further develop the process and design a machine to do the work automatically. In 1944, he signed with Battelle Memorial Institute to do just that. In 1947, Battelle signed an agreement with Haloid Corporation (later renamed Xerox) to develop the machine. Haloid was struggling at the time and essentially made the decision to go for broke with this new invention. In 1959, more than 20 years after that first copy was made in Carlson’s lab, Haloid put the 914 on the market which lead the way for the company’s enormous success.
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content: Carlson, after many years of struggling with this idea, finally realized success, fame and wealth. In 1964, he received the Inventor of the Year award, and in 1966, he won the Horatio Alger award. During his Carlson’s final years, he gave away nearly $100 million to charitable organizations and donated his early material to the Smithsonian Institution.
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: American Enterprise
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: PG.66.28
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