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Enciclopedia Mecanica, Forerunner of the Electronic Book

12/7/1949

In 1949 Angela Ruiz Robles, a teacher, writer, and inventor in Ferrol, Spain, patented an analog device called the Enciclopedia Mecánica. This is considered a fore-runner of the electronic book.

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