Synopsis
The New General And Mining Telegraph Code by C. Algernon Moreing and Thomas Neal. This late-19th/early-20th-century reference codebook presents a dense, catalog-like vocabulary of code words mapped to numerical or monetary meanings to standardize international telegrams and minimize transmission errors. It organizes English code words, multi-language usage, and specialized sections for money, numbers, weights, measures, directions, dates, and calendar references, with a strong emphasis on mining terminology and equipment. The volume includes extensive lists for English money (Sterling) and American money, terms for ore handling, sampling, surveying, and finance, and a substantial advertising/catalog component for mining machinery and related vendors. It is designed as a practical manual for telegraph operators, code managers, mining engineers, brokers, and banks, combining long code lists with occasional editorial notes and publisher advertisements. Published from London with endorsements aimed at telegraph companies to align with international conventions and reduce cross-border transmission errors in mining communications. The excerpt shows alphabetic groupings and thousands of coded phrases used to convey finance, ownership, assets, and logistics succinctly in industrial Britain.
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