Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

Made:: 1840

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Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter, 1840
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Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter, 1840

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Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 1876-1289

type:: transmitter

credit:: H.M. Postmaster General

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Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

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