Title

Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887. In the box under the table are the wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1887

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_311

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (5,2Mb) / 10,7in x 10,9in / 3213 x 3262 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male technology man men communications sitting country desk science electricity guy electric machine machinery innovation telecommunications location century furniture concept physics telegraph battery telecommunication United States of America United States Morse code 19th century 1900s 20th century nineteenth century American America USA Oxford Science Archive electromagnetism telegraphy wood engraving Unknown Samuel Finley Breese Samuel Finley Breese Morse Morse Samuel Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse wood engraving