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A treatise upon the telegraphic science, : with some remarks upon the utility of telegraphs, and a comparative view of the advantages of the numerical system over the l-e-t-t-e-r-i-n-g plan, as adapted to the semaphoric telegraph
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A treatise upon the telegraphic science, : with some remarks upon the utility of telegraphs, and a comparative view of the advantages of the numerical system over the l-e-t-t-e-r-i-n-g plan, as adapted to the semaphoric telegraph. / By John R. Parker, conductor of the Telegraph, Boston.
Published
Boston : Published by Dutton and Wentworth, no. 4 Exchange Street, 1835.
Physical Description
16 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Scientific Miscellany 4: Number 1 of 20 pamphlets bound together. Bookplate: B. Silliman. Manuscript list of contents bound in at front.
Notes
Lithographed frontispiece ("Explanation of the semaphore telagraph [sic]") signed: Pendleton's Lithography, Boston.
At foot of second plate ("Universal marine telegraph", a relief cut): John R. Parker's Telegraph Office, 28 Central Wharf, Boston.
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Online version: Parker, John R. (John Rowe), 1777-1844. Treatise upon the telegraphic science. Boston: : Published by Dutton and Wentworth, no. 4 Exchange Street., 1835
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Language
English
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July 02, 2024
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