The American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: With the Reports of Congress, and a Description of All Telegraphs Known, Employing Electricity or GalvanismVail, Alfred
History
The American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: With the Reports of Congress, and a Description of All Telegraphs Known, Employing Electricity or Galvanism
Vail, Alfred
Telegraph -- History
Having shown the several parts of Mr. Wheatstone’s plan, we will
proceed to describe the arrangement of two termini, as prepared for
transmitting intelligence. Figure 61 represents the arrangement of one
station, which we may suppose to be PADDINGTON. Figure 62 represents
the plan of the other station, which we will suppose to be SLOUGH. The
distance between these two places is eighteen miles.
In figure 61, it will be seen, that a wire is soldered to the end of
each of the springs 6, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and are respectively connected
with the five wires of the dial, and the common communicating wire,
number 6, which does not pass through the dial, nor is connected with
any of the galvanometers. On the right hand side of the dial, the wires
are extended until they are shown as broken. From this point to the
opposite one, figure 62, where the wires appear also as interrupted,
we may suppose 18 miles to intervene. The wires here proceed to the
dial of the Slough station, making their proper connections with their
respective galvanometers, and from thence are continued and soldered
to their springs of the key arrangement, with the exception of wire,
number 6, which passes direct to the key, 6, without going through the
dial case. In both figures, is represented the battery, O, consisting
of six cups. The wire from one pole of the battery is connected with
the N metallic plate, the other wire with the P metallic plate. While
none of the buttons are pressed down, the battery is _not_ in action,
and it will also be observed that the circuits are all _complete_. The
action of the keys, then, is this, by a single operation to break the
circuit formed with the cross bar, L, L, and, at the same time, bring
_into_ the circuit, the battery, O.
The following numbers, representing the buttons, are those necessary
to be pressed down, in order to signal the letters and numerals on the
dial:
_Letters._
For A, buttons 10 and 17. | For M, buttons 9 and 12.
“ B, “ 10 “ 15. | “ N, “ 11 “ 14.
“ D, “ 12 “ 17. | “ O, “ 13 “ 16.
“ E, “ 10 “ 13. | “ P, “ 15 “ 18.
“ F, “ 12 “ 15. | “ R, “ 9 “ 14.
“ G, “ 14 “ 17. | “ S, “ 11 “ 16.
“ H, “ 10 “ 11. | “ T, “ 13 “ 18.
“ I, “ 12 “ 13. | “ V, “ 9 “ 16.
“ K, “ 14 “ 15. | “ W, “ 11 “ 18.
“ L, “ 16 “ 17. | “ Y, “ 9 “ 18.
_Numerals._
For 1, buttons 7 and 10. | For 6, buttons 8 and 9.
“ 2, “ 7 “ 12. | “ 7, “ 8 “ 11.
“ 3, “ 7 “ 14. | “ 8, “ 8 “ 13.
“ 4, “ 7 “ 16. | “ 9, “ 8 “ 15.
“ 5, “ 7 “ 18. | “ 0, “ 8 “ 17.
[Illustration: FIG. 61. PADDINGTON.]
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