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  2. Telegraph key - Wikipedia

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    A telegraph key, clacker, tapper or morse key is a specialized electrical switch used by a trained operator to transmit text messages in Morse code in a telegraphy system. [1] Keys are used in all forms of electrical telegraph systems, including landline (also called wire) telegraphy and radio (also called wireless) telegraphy .

  3. Vibroplex - Wikipedia

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    The Vibroplex Original Bug key has been in continuous production for over 100 years, with only minor cosmetic changes. Numerous Vibroplex keys are available to this day; the company presently markets and sells 27 variations of Morse code keys, including the Original Bug, iambic paddles, the Vibrokeyer (an electronic variant of the Original Bug ...

  4. Keyer - Wikipedia

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    An example of a very simple keyer is a single telegraph key, which used for sending Morse code. In such a use, the term "to key" typically means to turn on and off a carrier wave. For example, it is said that one "keys the transmitter" by connecting some low-power stage of the amplifier in a transmitter to its follow-on stage, through the ...

  5. List of acquisitions by eBay - Wikipedia

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    Car auctions United States — [5] June 22, 1999: Alando: Auction house Germany $ 43,000,000 [6] October 1999: Blackthorne Listing tool United States — [7] June 13, 2000: Half.com: Online marketplace United States $ 318,000,000 [8] December 12, 2000: Precision Buying Service [note 1] E-commerce payment systems United States — [9] January 8 ...

  6. Jesse H. Bunnell - Wikipedia

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    In 1878, Jesse created his own company, J. H. Bunnell and Co. Jesse constantly developed telegraphic instruments. In 1868 he received a patent for telegraph repeater, [4] printing telegraph, [5] created different telegraph sounders [6] and improved telegraph switchboard. [2] [7] He is famous for his steel lever key, which was patented on 15 ...

  7. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    The price had risen to $3,000 before eBay closed the auction. [8] [9] In May 2006, the remains of U.S. Fort Montgomery, a stone fortification in upstate New York built in 1844, were put up for auction on eBay. The first auction ended on June 5, 2006, with a winning bid of US$5,000,310.

  8. Alfred Vail - Wikipedia

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    telegraph key, recording telegraph, ‘dot-and-dash’ telegraph alphabet Alfred Lewis Vail (September 25, 1807 – January 18, 1859) was an American machinist and inventor. Along with Samuel Morse , Vail was central in developing and commercializing American electrical telegraphy between 1837 and 1844.

  9. Automatic curb sender - Wikipedia

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    The automatic curb sender was a kind of telegraph key, invented by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin for sending messages on a submarine communications cable, as the well-known Wheatstone transmitter sends them on a land line.