Railway signalling device
Date
1857
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 204mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Stereoscopic view of a bell signalling device used by the South Eastern Railway Company, England (est.1836) and adapted for hazard or breakdown signalling.
Unpublished illustration, figure 3 from the manuscript version of the paper “A system of train signalling by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus” by Charles V Walker, the text abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.418-421.
Charles Vincent Walker FRS (1812-1882), British electrical engineer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1855.
Unpublished illustration, figure 3 from the manuscript version of the paper “A system of train signalling by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus” by Charles V Walker, the text abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.418-421.
Charles Vincent Walker FRS (1812-1882), British electrical engineer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1855.
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