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Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, consulted for the May 1837 patent date and the priority dispute between the two co-inventors. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Author
Wikipedia contributors
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Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooke_and_Wheatstone_telegraph
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
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Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)

This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Engineers, 10 claims: 2 well-attested, 6 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Inventions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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