pointer telegraph

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf telegraph
gptkbp:category 19th-century inventions
telecommunications history
gptkbp:displayType needle indicator
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label pointer telegraph
gptkbp:introducedIn 1837
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Charles_Wheatstone
gptkb:William_Fothergill_Cooke
gptkbp:notableFeature visual display
multiple needles possible
needle points to letters or numbers
gptkbp:operatedBy Electricity
gptkbp:predecessor telegraph
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Morse_telegraph
gptkbp:usedBy railways
early telegraph networks
railway signalmen
gptkbp:usedFor electrical telegraphy
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Werner_von_Siemens
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6