Alfred Vail's Electromagnetic Telegraph Notes
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Creator: Vail, Alfred
Form/Genre: Document
Date: 1848
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7055, Box 5, Folder: 4
The page on the left contains Alfred Vail's notes about magnetic forces and magnetism in relation to the electromagnetic telegraph. The page on the right is a diagram drawn by Vail of the telegraph line between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Washington , D.C.
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese 1791-1872
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7055, Box 5, Folder: 4
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1848
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