telegraph button repeater switch

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Date Made: 1854

Associated Person: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity

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Credit Line: from the Telegraphic Historical Society

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.181376Catalog Number: 181376Accession Number: 31175

Object Name: Switchtelegraph repeaterOther Terms: Switch; Telegraphy

Measurements: overall: 2 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4a57-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_702096

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