Milo G. Kellogg
Emile Berliner

George May Phelps

Telegraph and telephone innovator
American Speaking Telephone Co. · Western Union  |  Associates: Thomas Edison, William Orton, Milo G. Kellogg
From Wikipedia

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.

George May Phelps was born in Watervliet, New York, in 1820. As a youth, he went to work for his uncle Jonas H. Phelps, who made mathematical instruments in Troy, New York.
During the 1850s, the Morse system of telegraphy was in competition with the Bain chemical system… More on Wikipedia →

Timeline events (1)

Phelps' "Electro-Motor Printing Telegraph" enables 60 WPM speed
Phelps' "Electro-Motor Printing Telegraph" enables 60 WPM speed
1875

Phones (3)

American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. / Western Union
American Speaking Telephone Co. Phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. Phone
Western Union / American Speaking Telephone Co.
Phelps/Western Union Double Crown Telephone
Phelps/Western Union Double Crown Telephone
Western Union / American Speaking Telephone Co.

Related concepts (2)

Electrical telegraph
Electrical telegraphy is point-to-point distance communicating via sending electric signals over wire, a system primarily used from the 1840s until the late 20th century.…
More on Wikipedia →
Printing telegraph
The printing telegraph is a device for sending and receiving telegraph messages. The sending operator uses a piano-style keyboard to directly input the text of the messag…
More on Wikipedia →

Categories

Early innovators Telegraph