The telegraph manual: a complete history and description of the semaphoric, electric and magnetic telegraphs of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, ancient and modern.

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The telegraph manual: a complete history and description of the semaphoric, electric and magnetic telegraphs of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, ancient and modern.
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Shaffner, Taliaferro Preston, 1818-1881.
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New York,: Pudney & Russell; [etc., etc.]
1859.
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Telegraph

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