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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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Coming
back
to
England,
the
Submarine
Telegraph
Company
adopted
the
type-printer
in
1872,
when
they
had
only
two
instruments
at
work.
In
1878
they
had
twenty
of
them
in
constant
use,
of
which
number
nine
were
working
direct
between
London
and
Paris,
one
between
London
and
Berlin,
one
between
London
and
Cologne,
one
between
London
and
Antwerp,
and
one
between
London
and
Brussels.
All
the
continental
news
for
the
TIMES
and
the
DAILY
TELEGRAPH
is
received
by
the
Hughes'
type-printer,
and
is
set
in
type
by
a
type-setting
machine
as
it
arrives.
Further,
by
the
International
Telegraph
Congress
it
was
settled
that
for
all
international
telegrams
only
the
Hughes'
instrument
and
the
Morse
were
to
be
employed.
Since
the
Post
Office
acquired
the
cables
to
the
Continent
in
1889,
a
room
in
St.
Martin's-le-Grand
has
been
provided
for
the
printers
working
to
Paris,
Berlin,
and
Rome.
In
1875,
Professor
Hughes
introduced
the
type-printer
into
Spain,
where
he
was
made
a
Commander
of
the
Royal
and
Distinguished
Order
of
Carlos
III.
In
every
country
to
which
it
was
taken,
the
merits
of
the
instrument
were
recognised,
and
Professor
Hughes
has
none
but
pleasant
souvenirs
of
his
visits
abroad.
During
all
these
years
the
inventor
was
not
idle.
He
was
constantly
improving
his
invention;
and
in
addition
to
that,
he
had
to
act
as
an
instructor
where-ever
he
went,
and
give
courses
of
lectures
explaining
the
principles
and
practice
of
his
apparatus
to
the
various
employees
into
whose
hands
it
was
to
be
consigned.
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