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Electrical telegraph

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People used wires to send messages.

Morse Telegraph 1837.jpg
Morse Telegraph 1837.jpg
The wires carried quick signals. These signals helped people talk fast. It was much faster than walking. It helped trains stay safe too.
Cooke and Wheatstone electric telegraph.jpg
Cooke and Wheatstone electric telegraph.jpg
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File:Cooke and Wheatstone electric telegraph.jpg
Cooke and Wheatstone electric telegraph.jpg
File:Morse Telegraph 1837.jpg
Morse Telegraph 1837.jpg
File:Printing Telegraph.jpg
Printing Telegraph.jpg
File:Soemmerring 1810 telegraph overview.jpg
Soemmerring 1810 telegraph overview.jpg
File:Dial of Ronalds' electric telegraph.jpg
Dial of Ronalds' electric telegraph.jpg
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Pavel Shilling.jpg
File:Diagram of alphabet used in a 5 needle Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph, indicating the letter G.png
Diagram of alphabet used in a 5 needle...
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Wallace Study-Telegraph.jpg
File:GWR Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph instrument.jpg
GWR Cooke and Wheatstone double needle...
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ABC machine.jpg
File:The first telegram. Professor Samuel Morse sending the despatch as dictated by Miss Annie Ellsworth.jpg
The first telegram. Professor Samuel...
File:Foy-Breguet telegraph display.jpg
Foy-Breguet telegraph display.jpg

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