Wheatstone automatic transmitter
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- Details
- Description
- Date
- 1850s ca.
- Credit Line
- Used by permission.
- Copyright Owner
- © Science Museum/SSPL
- Object ID
- 500004746
Englishman Charles Wheatstone, who had also invented a telegraph, developed automatic transmitters for sending messages punched on paper tape at high speeds. These were often used on underseas cables.
