Submarine telegraph type 17-B polar relay
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content: Telegraph relays amplify an electrical signal in a telegraph line. Telegraph messages travel as a series of electrical pulses through a wire from a transmitter to a receiver. The pulses fade in strength as they travel through the wire, limiting the distance a message can be sent. Relays remedy that problem by detecting a weak signal and automatically re-transmitting that signal down the line using a local power source.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Communications
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content: from Western Union International
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: EM.329866
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content: 283729
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content: 329866
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content: telegraph relay
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content: submarine telegraph relay
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content: polar relay