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The Typographical Telegraph

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
April
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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The following h the uiotliod oi operuliun "f BoiiölliV typographioal telegn.ph : The mesaü:e in set up in ordinary type ut Mm o flik e by compositora. It is then plaued in a mH caniago on 11 miiuature lr:un wayi Set in tnotimi ly oit'ütiicity. this carriuge pasHea uuder ii Hiuull cmnb wh.uh coininunioutcs the inequalities W the surface of the type tu a similar cumb at the other end ot' the wii'e mauy hundred mileo' distant. Tliiw latter comb, passing over a strip of piepared papeü, luuves ao ex act fac sunile of the type originally set np. This strip of paper is then dipped in water, dried, aiicloaed in an euvelope, and Bont U itp dostinatii)n. A iriosMigo (if twenty-tíve woi'ds can be set np it) type, sentto any distanue, aud printed in ponnaneut ink on its arrival in a minute md h hall, for thirtcea ceuts. - Ruaiid Tablê. The ég ót Sonator Hicks, of Maryland, has been amputated, in order to 8ave his life. The city of Hartford alone has a greater banking capital thao the entire State of OLio.

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Old News
Michigan Argus