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Telegraph cable

Description

Specimen of 5-wire telegraph cable in wood - one of two pieces of Cooke and Wheatstone's first working telegraph, London, 1837

Museum reference

T.1858.288.1.2

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Telegraph cable

Production information

Cooke, William Fothergill, Sir, 1806 - 1879, Inventor
London, England, Northern Europe
Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875, Inventor
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1837

Materials

Metal, Wood

Physical description

Wood

Associations

Inventor: Cooke, William Fothergill, Sir, 1806 - 1879
Inventor: Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875

Exhibitions

  • Communicate (08 Jul 2016)
    National Museum of Scotland

On display

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