Patent model for Edison printing telegraph, US Patent #123005
date: label: Date made
content: 1871
name: label: maker
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A complete, operable printing telegraph machine for use as a stock ticker. A heavy, round iron base with a keyboard, electro-magnets, and printing mechanism. Model to accompany US Patent 123005, "Improvement in Telegraph Apparatus," issued 23 January 1872 to Thomas A. Edison.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.252615
label: catalog number
content: 252615
label: accession number
content: 49064
label: patent number
content: 123005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Edison Printing Telegraph
label: Object Name
content: printing telegraph
label: Object Name
content: telegraph ticker receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 29.845 cm x 29.845 cm