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No. I.T. Morse tape printer, 1925
- maker:
- Creed and Company Limited
![No. I.T. Morse tape printer, 1925 (telegraph)](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/58/493/small_thumbnail_1950_0226_0005__0002_.jpg)
![No. I.T. Morse tape printer, 1925 (telegraph)](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/58/495/small_thumbnail_1950_0226_0005__0004_.jpg)
![No. I.T. Morse tape printer, 1925 (telegraph)](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/58/492/small_thumbnail_1950_0226_0005__0001_.jpg)
![No. I.T. Morse tape printer, 1925 (telegraph)](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/58/494/small_thumbnail_1950_0226_0005__0003_.jpg)
No. I.T. Morse tape printer, manufactured by Creed and Company Limited, Croydon, London, England, 1925.
Charles Wheatstone developed the automatic Morse sender and receiver in the mid-nineteenth century. The sender used two-unit perforated tape which had to be prepared by hand. Creed and Co Ltd designed a set of equipment in the early 1920s which automated the entire process of preparing, sending and receiving telegraph messages. Known as the 'high-speed Morse system', it comprised a keyboard perforator for preparing the tape, a motorised sender, a reperforator for making a tape of received messages and a motorised high-speed printer which could print up to 100 words a minute. Such equipment remained in widespread use in newspaper offices and government departments until the 1950s.
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1950-226/5
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and paint
- Measurements:
-
overall: 255 mm x 305 mm x 620 mm, 20.5 kg
- type:
- telegraph
- credit:
- Donated by Creed and Company Limited