Morse-Vail telegraph key
3D model · GLB · 7.2 MB · by Smithsonian Institution (NMAH)
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Scan of the Morse-Vail telegraph key used to send the first telegraph message, "What hath God wrought", in 1844. Provided as GLB; open it in the viewer to rotate it, or export it to STL, OBJ, FBX and other formats.
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