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Wonders of electricity (1872)

Baille, Jean Baptiste Alexandre, b. 1841, Armstrong, John W., ed · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and co. · leaf 100

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kedbattery and a manipulator. After his preparationsare finished he can telegraph whatever signal hewishes. Upon reaching the line the current fromthe guards battery bifurcates, taking at once twodifferent directions, and reaching the two stations oneither side. First of all the guard turns the… … RAILWAY CONDUCTOR SENDING SIGNALS. . RAILWAY TELEGRAPHS. 81 are now rarely used. There is a reasonable fearthat their use is dangerous. They introduce intothe service novelties that may lead to mistakes.The stations, taken unawares, are rarely ready tocommunicate ; and the dispatch being of an…

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