The electric telegraph, comprising a brief history of former modes of telegraphic communication, an account of the elect

The Smithsonian catalogs The electric telegraph, comprising a brief history of former modes of telegraphic communication, an account of the elect as books in its Telegraph--History records.

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Associated with Clarke, R. Yorke. Dated 1847. Explore the object and its collection context.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Telegraph--History and dates it 1847.

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Smithsonian InstitutionThe electric telegraph, comprising a brief history of former modes of telegraphic communication, an account of the elect

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