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Figure 2

Colour photograph of Cooke and Wheatstone needle instrument from 1837 set in polished wood

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Cooke & Wheatstone needle instrument, three wires operation, 1837 specification. This instrument, or a similar one, is likely to have been used on the Great Western Railway project.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/170804/007