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Events in October 1847 2
1847Siemens & Halske foundedWerner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske start a telegraph company in BerlinWerner von Siemens and the mechanic Johann Georg Halske founded the Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske in Berlin. It built pointer telegraphs and grew into one of the world's largest electrical engineering firms.
1847Jane Eyre publishedCharlotte Brontë's novel appears under the name Currer BellCharlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was published in London by Smith, Elder & Co. under the pseudonym Currer Bell. It was an immediate success. Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey appeared later the same year.