Electric pen
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Thomas Edison's electric pen, part of a complete outfit for duplicating handwritten documents and drawings, was the first relatively safe electric-motor-driven office appliance produced and sold in th
The complete duplicating outfit including Edison's electric pen.
Tattoo machine
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A tattoo machine is a hand-held device generally used to create a tattoo, a permanent marking of the skin with indelible ink. Modern tattoo machines use electromagnetic coils to move an armature bar u
Electric pen
…entirely different role. In 1891, a New York City tattoo artist Samuel O’Reilly repurposed the electric pen’s design to be used as the first electric tattoo needle. What was previously done by hand was now done much faster thanks to this revolutionary device. Around this time, tattoos started to rise as a cultural…
Traditional and modern tools at the Museum of Art and Design Hamburg; see history of tattooing
Rotary-Set „Kohrs 1978“
Manfred Kohrs 1978 - Rotary tattoo machine
Two-coil tattoo machine