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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 stamped with serial number 9092 was made by Knox & Shain, a noted Philadelphia maker of telegraph equipment. 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 clockwor

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it 1877.

This telegraph register stamped with serial number 9092 was made by Knox & Shain, a noted Philadelphia maker of telegraph equipment. 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 clockwor

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