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Unspecified / ca 1860

Telegraph Register

Telegraph Register

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

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This telegraph register was used by the Delaware & Hudson Company’s Transportation Department on their railroad. 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 clockwork mechanism pulls a

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

This telegraph register was used by the Delaware & Hudson Company’s Transportation Department on their railroad. 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 clockwork mechanism pulls a

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Smithsonian InstitutionTelegraph Register

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