Papers on telegraphic communications, 1855 - 1858
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
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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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
Subject
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) (Person)
- Admiralty (Organization)
- Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood, 1828 - 1883 (electrical engineer) (Person)
- Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer) (Person)
- South Eastern Railway Co (Organization)
- Romaine, William Govett, 1815 - 1893 (lawyer and civil servant) (Person)
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