HUGHES


The Hughes telegraph revolutionised telegraphy when it allowed messages to be sent as text rather than Morse Code, It was invented by David Hughes in 1855. In some countries the Hughes telegraph lasted until the 1930s.

See also PAMPHLETS FOR WORKMEN - B5 on the Hughes Type-Printing telegraph.
 



Hughes Apparatus in use at the CTO (Picture dated 1914)

 

Hughes Apparatus in use at the CTO (Picture dated 1934)

 

Hughes Printer (Picture dated 1921)

 

 

 

 
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