Hughes typewriting telegraph instrument, unknown maker, 1860. Invented about 1855 by David E Hughes (1829/31-1900), US patent numbers, 14,917, 1856; 22,531, 1859 and 22,770, 1859; British patent ...
He also, at this time, invented a telegraph to print the common alphabet, which was made public property. In 1846 he joined the Electric Te legraph Company in London, against whom he had ...