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Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876). Artist: Unknown

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876). Artist: Unknown

1-148-848 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876). George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, devised an early form of electric telegraph. It had a separate wire for each letter of the alphabet and a range limited to the distance between two rooms in Lesage's home. FromLes Grandes Inventions (The Great Inventions) by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1876).

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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Georges Louis Lesage: Swiss: Scientist
People Related
  1. Louis Figuier: French: Author, scientist
Medium
  1. Wood engraving
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