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Science Museum Group Collection
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Embossing telegraph receiver, made by J. H. Bunnell and Co., New York, United States, 1878-1900.
This telegraph receiver worked by impressing marks on a moving paper slip to deliver the incoming message. This method was widely used in Britain in the 1850s but was then supplanted by Morse inkers, which were easier to read.
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1978-20
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), steel (metal) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 195 mm x 300 mm x 205 mm, 5.65 kg
- type:
- telegraph
- credit:
- Purchased from Sotheby's (Belgravia)
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