Key Information
Reference code
K/PP107/11/1/9
Title
Automatic printing telegraph receiver, [1858-1867]
Date(s)
- [1858 - 1867] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 item
Scope and content
Automatic telegraph printing receiver devised by Wheatstone. Impulses of current from the sender cause the electromagnet to operate two brass wire armatures. Ink is pushed by the armatures from a brass tray through two small holes creating dots on paper tape fed underneath. The mechanism is mounted on a wooden base, one armature missing.