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Telegraph Register

Telegraph Register

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

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This telegraph register is serial number 80 made by Charles T. Chester of New York. Set on a marble base, the unit was driven by a weight suspended by a string that passed through the hole in the base. Like a clock, the key was used to rewind the mechanism. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it ca 1860.

This telegraph register is serial number 80 made by Charles T. Chester of New York. Set on a marble base, the unit was driven by a weight suspended by a string that passed through the hole in the base. Like a clock, the key was used to rewind the mechanism. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses

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Smithsonian InstitutionTelegraph Register

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