Art Resource - AR913563

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Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (c1870).

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (c1870). George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, devised an early form of electric telegraph. It had a separate wire for each letter of the alphabet and a range limited to the distance between two rooms in Lesage's home. From Les Merveilles de la Science (The Marvels of Science) by Louis Figuier. (Paris, c1870).

Unique Identifier AR913563

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4822px × 3618px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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