George May Phelps | |
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Phelps' Electro-motor Printing Telegraph from circa 1880, the last and most advanced telegraphy mechanism designed by George May Phelps
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Born |
Watervliet, New York, U.S. |
March 19, 1820
Died | May 18, 1888 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
(aged 68)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Inventor |
George May Phelps (March 19, 1820 – May 18, 1888) was a 19th-century American inventor of automated telegraphy equipment. He is credited with synthesizing the designs of several existing printers into his line of devices which became the dominant apparatus for automated reception and transmission of telegraph messages.