These online MUSEUMS are dedicated to the PRESERVATION of TELEGRAPH and
SCIENTIFIC History, Lore, and Instrumentation:
These are no-frills museums designed for rapid and easy searching and
downloading to facilitate research by serious collectors and historians but
accessible to anyone who is interested in telegraph and scientific
instruments. As a telegraph operator and collector for over 50 years, I have
assembled a collection of over 3000 telegraph and scientific instruments and
photographs. I am always looking to acquire or photograph very old and
unusual keys and instruments!!
SPECIAL TELEGRAPH-RELATED RESOURCES:
* * TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS REFERENCE
CD (NEW 2nd. Edition) * * (Details & Ordering Information)
Twice the material in the first edition. Over 7000 Inline
Photographs, Illustrated Books, Videos & Reference Information. For PC and
MAC!.$15. Page showing corrections:
* * Perera's TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS GUIDE (NEW 3rd.
Edition) * * (Details & Ordering Information)
104 pages, 300 photographs, descriptions, prices, 1600 item index, for only
$19.95 !
(IMPORTANT REVISION: Latest Internet-Revised Price Guide) **
(Corrections) **
(Info & Updates for the 2nd. Edition) **
(Info & Updates for the 1st. Edition)
* * HOW TO RESTORE TELEGRAPH KEYS:
W.R. Smith, W4PAL * *
(Details & Ordering Information)
The best and only book of its kind; displays every procedure !
* * AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH HISTORY CD-ROM:
Ron McMullen * *
(His entire CD and collection is now free at:
https://australiantelegraph.wordpress.com/contents/)
This is the only compendium of Australian Telegraph and Key History ever published !
* * THE STORY OF THE ENIGMA CD: History, Technology, and
Deciphering (NEW 4th Edition) * * (Details & Ordering
Information)
This newly expanded CD is a complete cipher machine library. It has twice the
material in the 3rd edition. It tells the complete story of the ENIGMA !
Thousands of pictures, books, Enigma simulator programs, construction
projects, other cipher machines, realistic videos... and much more. $15. ** (Updates & Corrections)
* * NEW BOOK: INSIDE ENIGMA: Inside the German ENIGMA
and other Historic Cipher Machines(Details & Ordering Information)
This new book contains 208 pages and over 500 pictures that exlain the
history and workings of the ENGIMA and other cipher machines including the
Russian Fialka. $20. ** (Updates &
Corrections)
* * The Antique Wireless Assocation TELEGRAPH ANTHOLOGY CD: Every telegraph article ever published by AWA and much more! $15.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS and TELEGRAPH-RELATED EVENTS:
(The instruments are in approximate chronological order: Oldest first.)
Professor Tom Perera
Ph. D.
Internet ENIGMA Museum:
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: (Copyright (c) 2013: Prof. Tom Perera Ph. D.)
(The instruments are in approximate chronological order: Oldest first.)
I attend these events every year and HIGHLY RECOMMEND them to
telegraph enthusiasts:
DAYTON HAMVENTIONs: www.hamvention.org
(May. Dayton, Ohio)
-->> Usual SPACES 2555-2551
ANNUAL ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION CONVENTIONS:
http://www.antiquewireless.org: (August. Rochester, NY)
DEERFIELD, NH HAMFEST:
www.near-fest.com:
Largest in the Northeast!
NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE RADIO CLUB:
www.nearc.net, Manchester, NH, Big bi-annual meet in it's 20th year.
I exhibit telegraph keys dating from before the Civil War to the present as
well as Enigma cipher machines. History, Appraisals, and Answers.
Bring your old, and unusual keys, photographs, and stories so I can
expand the information in my museums. See you there !!
* * VINTAGE BUG NET:
Put your favorite bug on the air: Wednesdays at 9:30PM Eastern Time
on 3570 AND Wednesdays at 10:00PM on 7070 KHz. All are welcome !!
WEBSITE MAP: - - In This Website, You Will Find (In this
order):
The **Searchable** and Downloadable Database and index
to all telegraph items.
An On-Line Museum with
(copyrighted) downloadable descriptions & illustrations of Enigma and
other Cipher machines.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
(To SEARCH this Website, click on:
** SEARCHABLE TELEGRAPH INVENTORY **: Search this
big page with the EDIT/FIND-ON-THIS-PAGE function of your browser:
Identify the Inventory Number you want: and then find it in the
TELEGRAPH MUSEUM SECTION.)
Over 3000 Inline Photographs, 3 Illustrated Books, Reference Information !
See this link for description and ordering information.
104 pages, 300 photographs, descriptions, prices, 1600 item index, for only
$19.95 !
(IMPORTANT REVISION: Latest Internet-Revised Price Guide) **
(Corrections) **
(Info & Updates for the 2nd. Edition) **
(Info & Updates for the 1st. Edition)
Theory, and Construction of the "Electric Telegraph":
Includes publications and periodicals of interest to collectors:
THE TELEGRAPH MUSEUM - INLINE PICTURES VERSION:
(***PLEASE WAIT FOR ALL PICTURES TO LOAD !***)
***Some pages will take MANY minutes to load on a slow connection***
***If you have a very slow connection you may want to use the
Clickable-Photos version of the Telegraph Museum
THE SEARCHABLE, COMPLETE TELEGRAPH MUSEUM INVENTORY:
A list of all of the museum's telegraph items. The entire list may be searched
directly with your internet browser's search function or it may be downloaded
as an ASCII text file and searched using the search function of any word
processor as an aid in finding and identifying unknown keys.
(all of the keys currently owned by the museum are available in trade
for very early or unusual telegraph instruments or Enigma cipher machines.)
(NOTE: This is a large 475KB file and it may take a while to load.)
SPECIAL REPORTS and NEWS:
Telegraph-Related Activities:
With Detailed photos of all layers of the cable: (BIG
slow-loading (3min) file!)
THE OTHER MUSEUMS: ENIGMA CIPHER MACHINES, OTHER CIPHER MACHINES, COMPUTERS,
SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, RADIOS, MICROPHONES,
and PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH APPARATUS:
OTHER TELEGRAPH AND WIRELESS - COLLECTORS and their COLLECTIONS:
INTERNET LINKS TO OTHER COLLECTORS' PAGES AND RELATED SITES:
Alternate Addresses:
http://www.qsl.net/w1tp
TOM PERERA'S OTHER INTERESTS AND HOBBIES:
Extra Class Licensed Amateur Radio Station - W 1 T P
First licensed in 1953 as K2DCY. All Bands. All Modes. Mobile/Fixed.
Member: OOTC, QCWA, AWA, MTC, NEARC, ARRL, AREC, RACES, RCC
Specializing in Telegraph Keys dating back to before the Civil War.
Licensed Private Pilot: Single-engine, land, and instrument ratings.
Owner of Piper Cherokee 180 Aircraft.
Certified Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver - Over 500 dives.
Hobbies:
Sailing; Mountain Climbing; Spelunking; Diving; Running; Electronics.
Professor Emeritus:
Montclair State University
Internet On-Line Telegraph & Scientific Instrument Museum:
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Although all the pictures and text are copyrighted, you may use any of them
for your own personal applications including public lectures and
demonstrations, publications and websites as long as you mention the
www.w1tp.com Museum. If you plan to offer them for sale to the public
in any form, you must email me for permission which I will generally grant as
long as you mention my museum: http://w1tp.com or http://EnigmaMuseum.com My email address is
given at the bottom of this page. Some of the material may require contacting
other copyright owners for commercial use and I will inform you by email.
Please also see the disclaimer of warranty.
THE TELEGRAPH MUSEUM:
**FOR USERS WITH SLOW INTERNET CONNECTIONS**
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