Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
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The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communication technology
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electrical telegraph system ⓘ |
| communicationMedium | insulated copper wires ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | 1830s ⓘ |
| developer |
Charles Wheatstone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Fothergill Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displayLayout | grid of letters indicated by crossing needles ⓘ |
| displayType | needle indicator display ⓘ |
| encodingMethod | needle positions indicating letters ⓘ |
| field |
electrical engineering
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ |
| firstCommercialRoute | Paddington–West Drayton line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstCommercialRouteLength | about 13 miles ⓘ |
| firstCommercialUse | Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstCommercialUseDate | 1839 ⓘ |
| firstInstalledAt | London Paddington station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
galvanometer-like needle mechanisms
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indicator board ⓘ telegraph needles ⓘ underground telegraph wires ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfUse |
England
NERFINISHED
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1837 ⓘ |
| influenced | railway signalling systems ⓘ |
| languageOfInterface | English alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterVariantOf | earlier experimental needle telegraphs ⓘ |
| mainUse | long-distance communication ⓘ |
| notableEvent | used in 1845 to help capture murderer John Tawell ⓘ |
| numberOfNeedles |
five-needle version
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single-needle version ⓘ two-needle version ⓘ |
| operatingPrinciple | deflection of magnetic needles by electric currents ⓘ |
| patentDate | 1837 ⓘ |
| patentHolder |
Charles Wheatstone
NERFINISHED
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William Fothergill Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | electric batteries ⓘ |
| precededBy | optical telegraph ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Morse telegraph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the first practical electrical telegraphs
ⓘ
pioneered commercial telegraphy in Britain ⓘ |
| status | historical technology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
signalling trains
ⓘ
transmitting text messages ⓘ |
| usedOn | railway lines ⓘ |
| uses |
electric current
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multiple needles ⓘ pointer display board ⓘ |
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Charles Wheatstone