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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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Made by George H. Bliss and Company of Chicago, this telegraph register shows the typical design in use at the time of the U. S. Civil War. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. The pulses energize the register’s electromagnets which move a lever-arm holding a pen or stylus. A c

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it ca 1865.

Made by George H. Bliss and Company of Chicago, this telegraph register shows the typical design in use at the time of the U. S. Civil War. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. The pulses energize the register’s electromagnets which move a lever-arm holding a pen or stylus. A c

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