Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. Artist: Unknown

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. Artist: Unknown

1-157-755 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. He is tapping out the message with a key using the code developed by Samuel Morse and Alexander Bain. Under the table are wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Samuel Finley Breese Morse: American: Artist, portrait painter, inventor, photographer

Medium
  1. Wood engraving

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3222x3254
File Size : 30,716kb


Aliases

  1. 002509
  1. 002509
  1. 0460001307
  1. 1-157-755
  1. 1157755
  1. 1307

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