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Sir Charles Wheatstone, British inventor, (1899).Artist: C Cook

Sir Charles Wheatstone, British inventor, (1899).Artist: C Cook

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Sir Charles Wheatstone, British inventor, (1899). Wheatstone (1802-1875) was a pioneer of electric telegraphy. In 1837, he and William Fothergill Cooke patented their five-needle telegraph machine, the first successful electric telecommunication device. Wheatstone received a knighthood in 1868. An Engraving from James Taylor's The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, London, 1899.

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People Information

Creator
  1. C Cook, attributed to: : Artist, engraver
After
  1. William Edward Kilburn: British: Photographer, daguerrotypist
Subject
  1. Sir Charles Wheatstone: British: Scientist, inventor, cinematographer
People Related
  1. Sir William Fothergill Cooke: British: Electrician, inventor
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3312x5291
File Size : 51,340kb

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  1. 0580002124
  1. 1-216-832
  1. 1216832
  1. 2124
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