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An engraving depicting a double-needle telegraph used in the House of Parliament. The letters of...

An engraving depicting a double-needle telegraph used in the House of Parliament. The letters of the alphabet
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An engraving depicting a double-needle telegraph used in the House of Parliament. The letters of the alphabet and a variety of conventional signals indicated by single and combined movements of the galvanometer needles. The operator worked the instrument by manipulating the two handles at the bottom, and an alarm bell was housed on the casing and was used to signal the beginning of a message. Shown at the International Electric Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, 19th century
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C19th AD
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Date: 1882

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alphabet / France / Europe / engraving / letter / illustrated / illustration / english / england / 19th century / victorian / letters / London / electric / electricity / communication / engraved / Parliament / signal / Telegraph / victorian era / Houses of Parliament / electrical / signals / Crystal Palace / victorian london / galvanometer / comms / double-needle telegraph / electric exhibition

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