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
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
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
Tattoo machine
…that uses compressed air rather than electricity, but the principle is essentially the same." The predecessor to the tattoo machine was Thomas Edison's electric pen, patented under the title Stencil-Pens in Newark, New Jersey, United States in 1876. It was originally intended to be used as a duplicating device, but…
The complete duplicating outfit including Edison's electric pen.