Telegraphy
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
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Papers on telegraphs, 1863 - 1868
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/479
Scope and Contents
Papers on scientific matters relating principally to telegraphs, including descriptions of the Bessemer Process; articles from the 'Reader and the Scientific Review' by W.F. Cooke on the invention of the electric telegraph; papers on galvanic currents by C. Brooke; 'The Telegrapher' on a constant galvanic battery; tests by J.C. Clark on submarine cables; 'Atlantic Telescopes' by W.R. Grove; alterations of a transit level by an earthquake; trials of navy telescopes; spectrum apparatus used at...
Dates:
1863 - 1868
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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