Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum, 1835-1840
- Made:
- 1835-1840 in United Kingdom
- maker:
- William Fothergill Cooke
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This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
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Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum (one portion transferred to Inv. No. 1923-1512, see Sc.M. 7/636/1)
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Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum (one portion transferred to Inv. No. 1923-1512, see Sc.M. 7/636/1)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum (one portion transferred to Inv. No. 1923-1512, see Sc.M. 7/636/1)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum , late 1830s.
Early example of Sir William Fothergill Cooke's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum , late 1830s.
Early example of Sir William Fothergill Cooke's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum , late 1830s.
Early example of Sir William Fothergill Cooke's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum , late 1830s.
Early example of Sir William Fothergill Cooke's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum , late 1830s.
Early example of Sir William Fothergill Cooke's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum (one portion transferred to Inv. No. 1923-1512, see Sc.M. 7/636/1)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum, unknown maker, British, 1835-1840.
This sample of gutta-percha insulated cable dates from around 1848-1849. It was possibly the cable laid by the Electric Telegraph Company between its Lothbury headquarters and Shoreditch (probably the railway station), a distance of approximately one mile. Though it was a good insulator, gutta percha tended to disintegrate after a few years in harsh city environments.
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Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1923-278
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), wood (unidentified)
- type:
- telegraph
- taxonomy:
-
- component - object
- credit:
- Donated by the Institution of Electrical Engineers
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