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