145-year-old Morse telegraph terminal tested in Tokyo

145-year-old Morse telegraph terminal tested in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitomo Tokugawa operates a Morse telegraph terminal station presented to the Japanese government in 1854 by Matthew Perry, the U.S. naval officer who reopened Japan to the Western world, at the Communication Museum in Tokyo on Dec. 8. The machine was tested for the first time in more than 140 years. Yoshitomo, a great-grandson of Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837-1913), the 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, was invited to the machine testing.

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  • ILEA001080160
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  • 1999/12/08 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 1999 Kyodo News
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