Electric telegraphy in Imperial Russia
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Electric telegraphy in Imperial Russia
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Electric telegraphy in Imperial Russia was pioneered by Pavel Schilling, a Baltic German aristocrat who had developed the Schilling telegraph, the first electromagnetic telegraph that was of practical use. This work was taken up by Moritz von Jacobi who in 1842-5 installed an underground cable to provide a telegraph line between St Petersburg and the Imperial palace at Tsarskoye Selo. Terminals were also installed in Oranienbaum and Kronstadt. In 1853 the Russian government awarded a contract to
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