Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This incomplete telegraph register shows the paper drive mechanism but the electromagnets and embossing equipment are missing. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. The pulses energize the register’s electromagnets which move a lever-arm holding a pen or stylus. A clockwork mechanism pulls a strip of paper across the pen or stylus, recording the message. Short pulses draw or emboss a dot, slightly longer pulses a dash. The sequence of dots and dashes represent letters and numbers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- from the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 4 in x 8 in; 13.97 cm x 10.16 cm x 20.32 cm
- Object Name
- telegraph receiver
- telegraph register
