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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 telegraph register shows refinements made by the late 1800s. A heavy brass casing holds the spring-powered clockwork mechanism while the mass-produced electromagnets are set outside the case at one end. 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’

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it 1891.

This telegraph register shows refinements made by the late 1800s. A heavy brass casing holds the spring-powered clockwork mechanism while the mass-produced electromagnets are set outside the case at one end. 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’

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Smithsonian InstitutionTelegraph Register

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