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Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph : now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore. Illustrated by fourteen wood engravings by Alfred Vail
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Tr*.901
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Telegraph--United States.
- Telegraph.
- Morse code.
- Physical Description:
- 24 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Printed by J. & G.S. Gideon, 1845.
- Notes:
- References: Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.), V5; Bryan, W.B. Bib. of the District of Columbia, p. 191; Wheeler gift, 1087; Sabin 98292.
- Contains the Morse code alphabet.
- Bound in blue paper printed in black; signature on verso of cover: John Tellwood Mendor, Adams County, Illinois, April 17, [1846?.
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