. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. 27. The Magnetic Telegraph. I PROPOSE to give my little readers some account of the Mag-netic Telegraph, one of the most wonderful discoveries of mod-ern times. I fear that I shall not be able to make some of my veryyoung readers understand the operation of this curious contrivancefully, for it is one that requires deep thought, and some considerableknowledge of electricity and magnetism; yet I will endeavor toexplain the various parts of the subject in a simple manner, andillustrate the most difficult portions
. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. 27. The Magnetic Telegraph. I PROPOSE to give my little readers some account of the Mag-netic Telegraph, one of the most wonderful discoveries of mod-ern times. I fear that I shall not be able to make some of my veryyoung readers understand the operation of this curious contrivancefully, for it is one that requires deep thought, and some considerableknowledge of electricity and magnetism; yet I will endeavor toexplain the various parts of the subject in a simple manner, andillustrate the most difficult portions with engravings, so that, if youstudy hard, you can master it. If there is anything which you donot understand, go at once to your parents or teacher for assistance,but do not proceed unless you perfectly comprehend what you mayhave already read. It may be proper here to inform my readers, that the principalagent or power, employed in sending news from one place to another,-with almost incredible speed, over the Magnetic Telegraph, is sim- 28 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. ply electricity,
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