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Experimental Telegraph Receiver

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1837Date range
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1837

Samuel Finley Breese Morse1837

New York · Science / Physics

Builds an experimental receiver capable of recording electrical signal changes.

Names involved

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

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