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Copper station, Nine Elms, Telegraph, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Copper station, Nine Elms, Telegraph, 1844. Such is its velocity, that when this [Electric Printing Telegraph] shall be laid down the entire line, the time occupied in the transit of a message, from Nine Elms to Portsmouth, and receiving the answer in town, will not exceed two minutes and a quarter...Two instruments, precisely similar, are placed, one at Wimbledon, the other at Nine Elms; the only connexion between them being a single copper wire, conveyed in a thin layer of asphalte. Beneath or near the machine, at Nine Elms, imbedded in the earth, and attached to the apparatus by a copper wire is a plate of copper; and, in like manner, at Wimbledon, a plate of zinc; and these, with the action of the earth's moisture, form a natural battery, complete the electric circuit, and cause the telegraph to perform its various functions. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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The Electric Telegraph Station, at Slough, 1844. Creator: Unknown

The Electric Telegraph Station, at Slough, 1844. News of the birth of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is relayed to London. By aid of the extraordinary power of this triumph of science, the auspicious event of her Majesty [Queen Victoria]'s accouchement on Tuesday morning, was communicated from Windsor Castle to the metropolis within eleven minutes!'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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Figure 12: A study of the contraction of and the expression produced by t

Figure 12: A study of the contraction of and the expression produced by the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi , 1854-56, printed 1862

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