Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph

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The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system developed in the 1830s that used multiple needles pointing to letters on a display, significantly advancing long-distance communication in Britain.

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instanceOf communication technology ⓘ
electrical telegraph system ⓘ
communicationMedium insulated copper wires ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
developedInPeriod 1830s ⓘ
developer Charles Wheatstone ⓘ
William Fothergill Cooke ⓘ
displayLayout grid of letters indicated by crossing needles ⓘ
displayType needle indicator display ⓘ
encodingMethod needle positions indicating letters ⓘ
field electrical engineering ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
firstCommercialRoute Paddington–West Drayton line ⓘ
firstCommercialRouteLength about 13 miles ⓘ
firstCommercialUse Great Western Railway ⓘ
firstCommercialUseDate 1839 ⓘ
firstInstalledAt London Paddington station ⓘ
hasPart galvanometer-like needle mechanisms ⓘ
indicator board ⓘ
telegraph needles ⓘ
underground telegraph wires ⓘ
historicalRegionOfUse England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
inception 1837 ⓘ
influenced railway signalling systems ⓘ
languageOfInterface English alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
laterVariantOf earlier experimental needle telegraphs ⓘ
mainUse long-distance communication ⓘ
notableEvent used in 1845 to help capture murderer John Tawell ⓘ
numberOfNeedles five-needle version ⓘ
single-needle version ⓘ
two-needle version ⓘ
operatingPrinciple deflection of magnetic needles by electric currents ⓘ
patentDate 1837 ⓘ
patentHolder Charles Wheatstone ⓘ
William Fothergill Cooke ⓘ
powerSource electric batteries ⓘ
precededBy optical telegraph ⓘ
replacedBy Morse telegraph ⓘ
linked to: Morse code
significance one of the first practical electrical telegraphs ⓘ
pioneered commercial telegraphy in Britain ⓘ
status historical technology ⓘ
usedFor signalling trains ⓘ
transmitting text messages ⓘ
usedOn railway lines ⓘ
uses electric current ⓘ
multiple needles ⓘ
pointer display board ⓘ

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Charles Wheatstone → notableWork → Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles Wheatstone (historical)
Hughes telegraph system → followedBy → Wheatstone automatic telegraph improvements ⓘ
linked to: Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph