Den Amerikanske Electro-Magnetiske Telegraph, (Det i Danmart indførte System) med Appendix.

  • Piehl, Nicolaus Christian Heinrich
  • Kjobenhavn [Copenhagen]: Chr. Steen & Sons forlag 1853

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Description

8vo, pp. [viii], 87, [1] + 4 folding plates. Contemporary green marbled boards backed in black cloth. Scattered spotting. Some wear to edges, some sunning to top edges of boards.

Notes

An early Danish work on the telegraph and Morse code, by a naval lieutenant who was credited with introducing the electric clock to Denmark. It appears unrecorded in both Library Hub and Worldcat, although the Huntington holds a copy.

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