Hughes telegraph system

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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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instanceOf electrical telegraph system
printing telegraph
telecommunications device
basedOn electromagnetic telegraphy
countryOfOrigin United States
developer David Edward Hughes
era 19th century
followedBy Baudot telegraph system
Wheatstone automatic telegraph improvements
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
later printing telegraphs
influencedBy Morse telegraph
linked to: Morse code
language Latin alphabet
locationOfUse Austria-Hungary
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
mainSubject telegraphy
manufacturer Siemens & Halske
namedAfter David Edward Hughes
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
European telegraph administrations
French telegraph service
German telegraph service
Italian telegraph service
Russian telegraph service
patentHolder David Edward Hughes
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 printing telegraph
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David Edward Hughes notableInvention Hughes telegraph system
D. E. Hughes knownFor Hughes telegraph system
D. E. Hughes developed Hughes type-printing telegraph
linked to: Hughes telegraph system
D. E. Hughes notableInvention Hughes printing telegraph
linked to: Hughes telegraph system