Firesideuniversi01mcgo2.jpg


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Description
English: The transmitter unit (top) would encode the position of a writing pencil as a series of pulsed currents of different levels and polarities, to be transmitted to and reproduced by the receiver (bottom), where a capillary tube ink pen is moved across the paper by electromagnetic clutches and escapements.
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https://archive.org/details/firesideuniversi01mcgo/page/n88/mode/1up?view=theater

McGovern, John, The fireside university of modern invention, discovery, industry and art for home circle study and entertainment, 1902, Chicago, Union pub. house
Author The Internet Archive

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Elisha Gray's Telautograph Transmitter and Receiver in use

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