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Papers on telegraphic communications, 1855 - 1858

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/628

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers on telegraphic communications, including the conditions of use of telegraph wires between the Admiralty and the South Eastern Railway; proposed arrangements of galvanic wires and circuits for working the sympathetic clocks; the circuit and plan of the galvanic wires in the Lombard Street Post Office; various improvements and efficiencies in the telegraph; a report on the working of galvanic apparatus at the Royal Observatory; sketches of the automatic switch for the Deal Time Ball; proposed arrangement to connect with the Devonport Time Ball; C.V. Walker's system of train signalling; 'controlling the movements of ordinary clocks by galvanic current' by J. Hartnup; a plan of Morse's recording telegraph; and a proposed telegraph connection between Adelaide and Melbourne. The correspondents include J.C. Clark, C.F. Varley, C.V. Walker, W.G. Romaine, E. Loomis and R. Sheepshanks.

Dates

  • Creation: 1855 - 1858

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

C2/628

Finding aid date

2006-01-06 11:52:37+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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