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Figure 4

Colour photograph of Charles Wheatstone’s ABC instrument from 1860 which combined the Communicator and Indicator into a single instrument. This instrument is stamped General Post Office

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Charles Wheatstone’s ABC instrument, based on the 1860 specification (Patent No. 2462) and further improved c. 1865. It combined the Communicator and Indicator into a single instrument, together with a magneto-electric generator to avoid battery operation. This instrument is stamped ‘General Post Office’.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/170804/009