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- You wrote your message on a telegraph form.
- You handed the telegraph form to the clerk at your local telegraph office.
- The clerk would count the words of the message and tell you how much it would cost.
- You would pay the clerk.
- The clerk would put your telegraph form in the stack of outgoing telegrams.
- The telegraph operator at your local telegraph office would send the telegrams on the telegraph forms in the stack of outgoing telegrams using the telegraph key.
- The telegraph operator at the recipient's local telegraph office would listen to the telegraph sounder and write the telegrams down on telegraph forms and put them in the stack of incoming telegrams.
- Telegraph delivery boys/men would take the telegraph forms in the stack of incoming telegrams and go around town delivering them to the recipients.
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What was the life before the telegraph?
Life before the telegraph was a different way than sending messages with the telegraph. People used letters to send messages.
Why was telegraph invented?
The telegraph was invented so that people in different towns could communicate with each other. The Morse code communications that are used with the telegraph were first used in the Civil War in the United States.
What is the used of telegraph?
A telegraph is used to send messages over long distances. The telegraph people are usually familiar with today does this electrically, and uses Morse Code. There were earlier telegraphs, however, that were visual and used flags, with messages being relayed from one station to the next.
How do you use electric telegraph?
its used for giving and receiving messages from other people
What were three civil war firsts?
First used in combat were: balloon, telegraph, machine gun (Gatling).
What did people use before telephones?
They used to send letters 5o the people they wanted to talk to.
How did the telegraph made life easier in America in the 1700's-1800's?
they could sent messages faster so they can do more things. the military back then mostly used it and it was used in subs alot.
What other inventions where used before the telephone?
There was a vast network of Telegraph lines and telegraph offices before the telephone was popular. Before that people used postal services like the "Royal Mail"
Before the telephone was invented how did people who were a distance apart communicate with each other?
by mail and telegraph. thats right i know stuff
Is telegraph an adjective?
It is a noun which can be used as an adjective: a telegraph pole.
What was life before the telegram?
People used the pony express to communicate from large distances before the telegraph.
When was the telegraph used in World War 1?
People in the Holocaust wrote to their family in some other place
