Hughes telegraph system

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electrical telegraph system printing telegraph telecommunications device

The Hughes telegraph system was an early electrical telegraph apparatus that used a printing mechanism to automatically record messages, significantly improving the speed and legibility of telegraphic communication in the 19th century.

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Hughes printing telegraph 2
Hughes type-printing telegraph 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electrical telegraph system ⓘ
printing telegraph ⓘ
telecommunications device ⓘ
basedOn electromagnetic telegraphy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer David Edward Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
followedBy Baudot telegraph system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wheatstone automatic telegraph improvements NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart clockwork mechanism ⓘ
electromagnets ⓘ
inked ribbon ⓘ
perforated paper tape ⓘ
printing mechanism ⓘ
receiving printer ⓘ
synchronizing mechanism ⓘ
transmitting keyboard ⓘ
typewheel ⓘ
inception 1855 ⓘ
1856 ⓘ
influenced Baudot code telegraph systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
later printing telegraphs ⓘ
influencedBy Morse telegraph NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Latin alphabet ⓘ
locationOfUse Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject telegraphy ⓘ
manufacturer Siemens & Halske NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter David Edward Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor automatic recording of messages ⓘ
high transmission speed for its time ⓘ
improved legibility of telegraph messages ⓘ
synchronous operation of transmitter and receiver ⓘ
operator Austrian telegraph service NERFINISHED ⓘ
European telegraph administrations NERFINISHED ⓘ
French telegraph service ⓘ
German telegraph service ⓘ
Italian telegraph service NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian telegraph service ⓘ
patentHolder David Edward Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced Morse key telegraph systems in some applications ⓘ
transmissionRate up to 60 words per minute ⓘ
usedFor automatic printing of messages ⓘ
commercial telegraphy ⓘ
government telegraphy ⓘ
high-speed message transmission ⓘ
long-distance communication ⓘ
uses electrical signals ⓘ
keyboard transmitter ⓘ
synchronous motor ⓘ
typewheel printer ⓘ

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David Edward Hughes → knownFor → Hughes telegraph system ⓘ
David Edward Hughes → notableInvention → Hughes telegraph system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hughes printing telegraph
David Edward Hughes → notableInvention → Hughes telegraph system ⓘ
D. E. Hughes → knownFor → Hughes telegraph system ⓘ
D. E. Hughes → developed → Hughes telegraph system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hughes type-printing telegraph
D. E. Hughes → notableInvention → Hughes telegraph system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hughes printing telegraph