Hughes' Typewriting Telegraph

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Science Museum, London
published on 22 March 2023
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The typewriting telegraph invented by David E Hughes (c. 1829-1900) in 1855. The machine could transform telegraph messages into written text. (Science Museum, London)

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London, S. M. (2023, March 22). Hughes' Typewriting Telegraph. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17224/hughes-typewriting-telegraph/

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