Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph : now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore / by Alfred Vail.

  • Vail, Alfred.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph : now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore / by Alfred Vail. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vah. (A) DESCRIPTION AMERICAN m ELECTRO MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH: OPERATION BETWEEN THE CITIES OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE ILLUSTRATED BY FOURTEEN WOOD ENGRAVINGS. BY ALFRED TAIL, LNT SUPERINTENDENT OF ELEC. MAG. TEL. FOR THE V. S. The same principle which justified and demanded the transference of the mail on many chief routes, from the horse drawn coach on common highways to steam-impelled vehicles on land and water, is equally potent to warrant the calling of the electro magnetic telegraph—that las! and most wondrous birth of this wonder teeming age—in aid of the post office, in discharge of its great func- tion of rapidly transmitting correspondence and intelligence. Rep. of Com. of Ways and Means of H. R., 1845. COPY RIGHT SECURED fL;b+ WASHINGTON: PRINTED BY J. & G. S. GIDEON 1845.