Small ABC telegraph of French manufacture

Made:: 1855 in France

Small ABC telegraph of French manufacture, c. 1855, complete with impulse sender, a small bichromate cell and two small reels of wire

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Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 1965-126

type:: telegraph

credit:: Campbell, R.D.

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Small ABC Telegraph Transmitter

Small ABC Telegraph Transmitter

Small ABC telegraph transmitter of French manufacture, c.1855, impulse sender.

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1965-126/1

type:: telegraph

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Small ABC Telegraph Receiver

Small ABC Telegraph Receiver

Small ABC telegraph receiver of French manufacture, c.1855.

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1965-126/2

type:: telegraph

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bichromate Cell from ABC Telegraph

Bichromate Cell from ABC Telegraph

Small bichromate cell from ABC telegraph of French manufacture, c.1855.

Materials:: metal (unknown) and glass

Object Number:: 1965-126/3

type:: battery cell

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Small Reels of Wire from ABC Telegraph

Small Reels of Wire from ABC Telegraph

Two small reels of wire from ABC telegraph of French manufacture, c.1855.

Materials:: metal (unknown) , fibre (unidentified) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1965-126/4

type:: wire

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum