Quadruplex telegraph invented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1874. It could send and receive four telegraph messages simultaneously on a single wire, two signals in each direction. Engraving.
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Quadruplex telegraph invented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1874. It could send and receive four telegraph messages simultaneously on a single wire, two signals in each direction. Engraving.