Records created and used by the Universal Private Telegraph Company 1861-1871

Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875

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Physicist. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865311 At 21 he began business in London as a musical instrument maker and carried out experiments on sound and optics. Professor of experimental physics at King's Colege, London 1834. F. R. S., 1836. He made many inventions and suggested the stereoscope and spectrum analysis. He collaborated with Sir William Fothergill Cooke in producing and improving electric telegraph ...

Scudamore, Frank Ives

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Universal Private Telegraph Company, 1861-1871

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Universal Private Telegraph Company; 1861-1870; telegraph company

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The Universal Private Telegraph Company was established by an Act of Parliament in June 1861 but did not become fully operational until 1863. It undertook to construct and maintain lines of private wire between places of business or between residences and businesses using instruments patented by Professor Charles Wheatstone. In 1865 under the care of Frank Ives Scudamore the Government started to look at the possibility of nationalising the telegraph service in mainland ...