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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 register, made in Paris, France, bears the stamping “Btes S.G.D.G.”, or Breuvete Sans garantie du gouvernement (patent without State guarantee). 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 s

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph.

This register, made in Paris, France, bears the stamping “Btes S.G.D.G.”, or Breuvete Sans garantie du gouvernement (patent without State guarantee). 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 s

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Smithsonian InstitutionTelegraph Register

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