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Morse "Port-rule" Telegraph Transmitter

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Samuel Morse's 1837 proof-of-concept telegraph transmitter, an early prototype in the development of electric telegraphy.

Date
1837
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
nmah_1192941

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Record

Medium
Wood; metal; electrical components
Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

In the Tapestry

Created by
Samuel Finley Breese MorseA

Provenance and history

  1. 1837

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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