Wheatstone Collection (#2)

WHEATSTONE
SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE physicist and inventor, instrumental in the electric telegraph Date: 1802 - 1875

TELEGRAPH, 1860. Communicator and receiver of the military telegraph machine developed by Sir Charles Wheatstone. Wood engraving, English, 1860

SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE (1802-1875). English physicist and inventor. Chalk drawing, 1837, by William Brockedon

Devised by Sir Charles Wheatstone
ELECTRICAL RHEOSTAT. Devised by Sir Charles Wheatstone

Cook & Wheatstones 5-needle telegraph, patented 1837, first installed 1837. From a card issued 1915. Chromolithograph

Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link. Instrument room at the Submarine Telegraph Company, Cornhill, London, showing the Wheatstone needle telegraph instruments

Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) British physicist. Electrical resistances. Electric telegraph. Concertina

Rear view of Charles Wheatstones electric (railway) telegraph, showing its connection OT lines running beside the railway track. From Illustrations of Natural Philosophy, John Reynolds, London, 1850

Cooke and Wheatstones five-needle telegraph. Patented 1837, installed 1839. Engraving

Diagram of Cooke and Wheatstones five-needle telegraph. Patented 1837, installed 1839. Engraving

Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) British physicist. His work make the electric telegraph practicable. Engraving, 1882

Wheatstones Tape Telegraph 1858 1935

SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE (1802-1875). English physicist and inventor. Line engraving, 1875

Wheatstone telegraph system
Telegraph system. Historical artwork of operators using a Wheatstone telegraph system. The Wheatstone automatic telegraph consisted of a tape perforator, transmitter and receiver

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