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The electric telegraph: was it invented by Professor Wheatstone?

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1854.
Call number: 715919
Creator: Cooke, William Fothergill (1806-1879)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated organization: Burndy Library,
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