On Monday March 12th 1860 there were transmitted over one wire from Boston to New York 204 private messages containing 7,456 words and 600 words of press news and from New York to Boston over the same wire 253 messages containing 8,957 words making a total of 17,013 words The time occupied in transmitting this large number of words was nine hours The length of the circuit operated is 260 miles and the weather was rainy during the day The despatches were all printed in plain Roman letters by the Combination instrument and accurately punctuated Messrs Grace and Edwards were the operators at the Boston and New York termini of the line
Friday, June 27, 2008
History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph By George Bartlett Prescott
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