Telegraph, 1898 Jul 3 [to] Maclean
- Made:
- 1898
- maker:
- William Baron Kelvin Thomson
Telegraph, 1898 Jul 3 [to] Maclean, Physical Laboratory, University [of] Glasgow / [Baron] Kelvin. [He writes " this is transmitted commercially through ether from Alum Bay [Isle of Wight] to Bournemouth and by postal telegraph thence to Glasgow". The first such commercial telegraph. Maclean was assistant in the Physical Laboratory, and later professor at Glasgow Technical College]
Details
- Category:
- Archive
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1997-883
- Measurements:
-
: 140 x 220 mm
- type:
- wireless telegraph
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust