• Telegraph key, Wright 1903 flight
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    Telegraph key mounted on pine base, knob broken off. Key lever and sounder hammer are ferrous metal, other metal components non-ferrous. Wiring mounted in grooves on underside of base. 150 ohms. Used to send news of Wright brothers' first flights on Decemebr 17, 1903.
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Jeannie Whited
Date Created
09/21/2021
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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