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Samuel Morse- American artist and inventor known for his invention of the electric telegraph and the Morse code became an international code used for telegraph and new messages around the world.
Runner; Semaphore; Telephone; Telegraph; Carrier pigeon; Some forms of radio, Morse for example.
It allowed messages to be sent across the country or around the world very quickly - within a few hours. Previously messages had to be physically transported so UK to Australia could take 6 weeks or more.
He invented the first electric telegraph. This made a huge impact on America because it allowed people to communicate over long distances.
With antiques, there are several factors: age, condition, historical significance, and uniqueness. In other words, (I give hypothetical figures since I'm not a dealer) a telegraph machine in poor condition that was one of 100,000 made might only be worth a few bucks. But the telegraph machine that announced the end of the First World War, and has been preserved in a museum, could be worth hundreds of thousands. You'd have to consult an antiques dealer to get a definite answer.
The telegraph was used in World War 1 to send orders from one location to another. During WWI Britain's telegraph were uninterrupted.
there are two different symbols in Morse code: dots and dashesfor example Morse code would be (in international Morse code):-- --- .-. ... . -.-. --- -.. .
The telegraph allowed faster communication across America and eventually the world.
The telegraph was implemented about 30 years earlier. It consisted solely of pulses of electric current that were send in short and long bursts, which could be translated into letters and words.The telegraph was 'thought up' by many different people. But the person who was really recognized, and the one to actually be recognized by Congress, was Samuel Morse. His first message was sent on January 11, 1838.The modern telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in March of 1876. The telephone was influenced by the invention of the telegraph, so it then became the next big communication device for the world. The telegraph and telephone were taken up by the corporation AT&T also known as American Telephone and Telegraph.
The telegraph was the most technologically advanced communication before the invention of the telephone. Families received death notifications by telegraph during World War I.
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Australia's famous Overland Telegraph Line was opened between Adelaide and Darwin in 1872. This connected Australia by telegraph to the rest of the world. Each of the colonies was then connected over the ensuing years.