Telegraph Machine
by Sheila Terry
Title
Telegraph Machine
Artist
Sheila Terry
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Telegraph machine. Historical artwork of a Foy- Breguet twin-needle electric telegraph machine (circa 1845). Telegraphs were used to send information as a series of electric pulses. The relative positions of the two needles of the telegraph machine indicated different letters or numbers. Published in La Telegraphie Historique (History of Telegraphy) by Alexis Belloc in 1888.
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May 12th, 2013
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