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Telegraph Register

Telegraph Register

The Smithsonian catalogs Telegraph Register as telegraph receiver in its Communication, telegraph records.

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This experimental telegraph register was made by James Green and was reportedly used by Rev. Henry Sheib of Baltimore and Samuel Morse on private line demonstrations in the late 1830s. After talking with Joseph Henry, Morse adopted u-shaped electromagnets like the one used on this object. The large wooden pulley supported a hanging weight that pulled the paper tape under the stylus.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it 1837.

This experimental telegraph register was made by James Green and was reportedly used by Rev. Henry Sheib of Baltimore and Samuel Morse on private line demonstrations in the late 1830s. After talking with Joseph Henry, Morse adopted u-shaped electromagnets like the one used on this object. The large wooden pulley supported a hanging weight that pulled the paper tape under the stylus.

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Smithsonian InstitutionTelegraph Register

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