Model Apparatus for Transmitting Pictures by Telegraph (Phototelegraphy)

PART OF:: Selenium cells and model apparatus for transmitting pictures by telegraph, 1881

Made:: 1881

Model apparatus for transmitting pictures by telegraph (phototelegraphy). Designed and constructed by Dr Shelford Bidwell in 1881. Mounted on board

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Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 1908-141/11

Measurements:: overall: 219 mm x 403 mm x 148 mm,

type:: model

credit:: Bidwell, Shelford

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Model Apparatus for Transmitting Pictures by Telegraph (Phototelegraphy)

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