Online Gallery "Telegraphy"

A reconstruction of the first Morse telegraph device (after Samuel Morse), 1837

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The first Morse telegraph device in Switzerland, around 1850

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A Hughes telegraph device, around 1900

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A telex device, around 1935

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Laying a telegraph cable, around 1865

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An electro-mechanical needle telegraph device, around 1865

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A model of semaphore telegraph lines (after Claude Chappe), around 1820

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A fax machine that could transmit images, around 1950

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