Original Morse telegraph key, 1870-1900.

Antique Original Morse Telegraph Key from 1870-1900. Telegraph key composed of a wooden base on which sits the metal device with the handle in black. It is 100% original and in perfect condition. The Morse Code is a means of communication based on the transmission and reception of messages using sounds or light beams and an alphanumeric alphabet composed of dots and dashes. In its beginnings, a primitive device invented in 1844 by Samuel Morse, creator of the code that bears his name, was used to transmit and receive messages in Morse Code. This device consisted of a telegraphic transmission key, which served as an electric current switch, and an electromagnet as a receiver of the dots and dashes. Each time the key was pressed down with the index and middle fingers, an electrical contact was established that allowed the transmission of the dots and dashes of the Morse code. The intermittent impulses produced by pressing the telegraph key were sent to an electric line composed of two copper wires. These wires, supported by wooden poles, often extended hundreds of kilometers from the point of origin of the transmission to the point of reception. Undoubtedly a piece full of history in which you can be a part of.