Map and timeline of newspaper matches for "electric telegraph" OR "magnetic telegraph"
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Newspaper results for "electric telegraph" OR "magnetic telegraph"

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23,766,177 pages from 4,691 newspapers, 1736–1963.

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32047 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (6939 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. Morning Herald — 1837-08-23, page 1

    … result?, and to exert a vast influence on the future progress of society. It is an electric telegraph, the powers of which as much, surpass those of the com mon instrument bearing tkat …

  2. Morning Herald — 1837-08-23, page 2

    … results, and to exert a vast influence on the future progress of society. It is an electric telegraph, the powers 01 which as much surpass those of the com mon instrument bearing tkat …

  3. Morning Herald — 1837-10-25, page 4

    … results, snd to exert a vast influence on the future progress ef society. It is an electric telegraph, the powers of which as much surpass those of the com mon instrument bearing that …

  4. Morning Herald — 1837-11-09, page 1

    … seven thia uiorning, the 8lh day of Nsvember nnd the laat of the troia jour a, our magnetic telegraph was utterly destroyed. The keeper had risen from his warm bed, tnr the night had …

  5. Morning Herald — 1838-04-07, page 1

    … led to the death of Mr. Cilley, waa expected to be made today, as well one on the magnetic telegraph ; bat the report on the police of the House engrossed ita attention the whole Hay …

  6. Morning Herald — 1838-10-10, page 2

    … government have looked very favorably upon the invention of Professor Morse? 1 mean the electric telegraph. He expccts to have an opportunity 10 exhibit it be /ore the king. If 1 had not …

  7. Morning Herald — 1838-10-13, page 2

    … invited to be present, i and see, before the royal family, an exhibition of his I electric telegraph. He was introduced to one of the { aid* of the king, the other day, and had a conversation …

    … ment indicate that they w(|| construct their railroads in conjunction with the electric telegraph. They are ' just commencing a vast number of railroads, and the era is propitious …

  8. Morning Herald — 1839-04-16, page 2

    … with the French or English government, for the use of his great inven- J tion, the Electric Telegraph. After a great deal of delay and procrastination, both these governments have declined …

  9. New-York Tribune — 1841-12-27, page 4

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … TIE ELECTRIC TELEsRApH. two others; and one oil the most recent Is tnat OF the Electric Telegraph, invented by WHEATsroS. and now employed IN London. He had devoted TO the subject …

  10. The New York Herald — 1842-05-04, page 1

    … most remote parts o the l'nion in one hour after it trantpires, by means ol lite magnetic telegraph. Many more wondrous things were spoken of by the lecturer, hut my limits at present …

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