Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 207
rapidly reduced. To-day an effective relayis but four ounces in weight. Vail, who had the ear andtouch of an accomplished musician, soon found that he couldsend well-timed free-hand signals, discarding the port-rule,or type-carrier, of Morse, with its incidental botheration.In a few weeks he… … Vails Original Finger Key of 1844[In the cabinet of the Western Union Telegraph Co., New York.] essential features have been inherited by every key manipu-lated at this hour by operators throughout America. A further simplification of equal worth entered next, andquite unbidden. Operators of quick…
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