"copy machine" first quote?

[Fred Shapiro]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Barnhart wrote:

> copying machine/copying paper, 1829
>
> “Substitute For A Copying Machine,” _The Boy’s Own Book_.  Boston:
> Monroe and Francis, 1828, p 226

The OED has an 1803 citation for _copying machine_, and an 1813 citation
for _copying paper_.

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