A report on Electrical telegraph
Point-to-point text messaging system, used from the 1840s until the late 20th century when it was slowly replaced by other telecommunication systems.
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Speedwell Ironworks
1 linksIronworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue , just north of downtown Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Ironworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue , just north of downtown Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
At this site Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse first demonstrated their electric telegraph.
Alexander Bain (inventor)
2 linksScottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock.
Scottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock.
The most significant idea incorporated in the patent was his plan for inverting the needle telegraph earlier developed by Ampere, Wheatstone and others: instead of making signals by a pivoted magnetic needle under the influence of an electromagnet, he made them by suspending a movable coil between the poles of a fixed magnet.
Baltimore–Washington telegraph line
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The Baltimore–Washington telegraph line was the first long-distance telegraph system set up to run overland in the United States.
First transcontinental telegraph
1 linksLine that connected the existing telegraph network in the eastern United States to a small network in California, by means of a link between Omaha, Nebraska and Carson City, Nevada, via Salt Lake City.
Line that connected the existing telegraph network in the eastern United States to a small network in California, by means of a link between Omaha, Nebraska and Carson City, Nevada, via Salt Lake City.
After the development of efficient telegraph systems in the 1830s, their use saw almost explosive growth in the 1840s.
Kelmscott House
1 linksGrade II* listed Georgian brick mansion at 26 Upper Mall in Hammersmith, overlooking the River Thames.
Grade II* listed Georgian brick mansion at 26 Upper Mall in Hammersmith, overlooking the River Thames.
In 1816, he built the first electric telegraph in its garden.
Utility pole
0 linksColumn or post typically made out of wood used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and street lights.
Column or post typically made out of wood used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and street lights.
Cooke was the driving force in establishing the electrical telegraph on a commercial basis.
Robert Stephenson
1 linksEnglish civil engineer and designer of locomotives.
English civil engineer and designer of locomotives.
Charles Wheatstone, Robert's friend, installed the first electric telegraph between Euston Square and Camden Town stations in autumn 1837.
Lorenz cipher
1 linksThe Lorenz SZ40, SZ42a and SZ42b were German rotor stream cipher machines used by the German Army during World War II.
The Lorenz SZ40, SZ42a and SZ42b were German rotor stream cipher machines used by the German Army during World War II.
British cryptanalysts, who referred to encrypted German teleprinter traffic as Fish, dubbed the machine and its traffic Tunny (meaning tunafish) and deduced its logical structure three years before they saw such a machine.
All Red Line
0 linksThe All Red Line was an informal name for the system of electrical telegraphs that linked much of the British Empire.
Quadruplex telegraph
0 linksThe Quadruplex telegraph is a type of electrical telegraph which allows a total of four separate signals to be transmitted and received on a single wire at the same time (two signals in each direction).