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
In the following table, the first column represents the keys, which
when depressed, produce a deflection of the needles, (represented in
the columns, second, third and fourth,) by means of their batteries,
and thus closing the circuit of the wires, ̈1, ̈2, ̈3, ̈4, ̈5 and ̈6,
by which the fluid, is made to pass through the prepared fabric, and
mark upon its space, or spaces, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in the
fifth column. In the sixth column are the letters which the marks upon
the fabric are intended to represent.
Keys. Needles. Needles. Needles. Spaces on Fabric. Letters.
H, 7, A, T, - - 1, A.
J, 7, A, S, - - 2, B.
K, 7, B, T, - - 3, C.
M, 7, B, S, - - 4, D.
O, 7, C, T, - - 5, E.
U, 7, C, S, - - 6, F.
H, K, 7, A, T, B, T, - 1, 3, G.
J, M, 7, A, S, B, S, - 2, 4, H.
K, O, 7, B, T, C, T, - 3, 5, I.
M, U, 7, B, S, C, S, - 4, 6, J.
H, O, 7, A, T, C, T, - 1, 5, K.
J, U, 7, A, S, C, S, - 2, 6, L.
H, M, A, T, B, S, - 1, 4, M.
J, K, A, S, B, T, - 2, 3, N.
K, U, B, T, C, S, - 3, 6, O.
M, O, B, S, C, T, - 4, 5, P.
H, U, A, T, C, S, - 1, 6, Q.
J, O, A, S, C, T, - 2, 5, R.
H, K, O, 7, A, T, B, T, C, T, 1, 3, 5, S.
J, M, U, 7, A, S, B, S, C, S, 2, 4, 6, T.
H, K, U, A, T, B, T, C, S, 1, 3, 6, U.
J, M, O, A, S, B, S, C, T, 2, 4, 5, V.
H, M, U, A, T, B, S, C, S, 1, 4, 6, W.
J, K, U, A, S, B, T, C, S, 2, 3, 6, X.
H, M, O, A, T, B, S, C, T, 1, 4, 5, Y.
J, K, O, A, S, B, T, C, T, 2, 3, 5, Z.
_Telegraphic Letters._
1 · · · · · · · · ·
2 · · · · · · · · ·
3 · · · · · · · · ·
4 · · · · · · · · ·
5 · · · · · · · · ·
6 · · · · · · · · ·
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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