A tale of two telegraphs: Cooke and Wheatstone’s differing visions of electric telegraphy
This paper explores the early development of practical electric telegraphy in Britain during the nineteenth century. It exposes the two fundamentally different approaches to the design of telegraphic instruments specified in a joint patent between William Fothergill Cooke and Charles Wheatstone in 1...
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| Language: | English |
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Science Museum, London
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Science Museum Group Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-08/a-tale-of-two-telegraphs/ |