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While most textbooks credit Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872) with inventing the telegraph, there were actually several other inventors working on it at the same time. Some historians credit Alfred Vail with important work on the telegraph, while others also credit Joseph Henry. There is scholarly consensus that while Morse took much of the credit for himself and certainly had the ultimate success with transmitting messages by telegraph, the contributions of Vail, Henry, and several others made that success possible.

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Inventor of telegraph?

While most textbooks credit Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872) with inventing the telegraph in the late 1830s, there were actually several other inventors working on it at the same time. Some historians credit Alfred Vail with important work on the telegraph, while others also credit Joseph Henry. There is scholarly consensus that while Morse took much of the credit for himself and certainly had the ultimate success with transmitting messages by telegraph, the contributions of Vail, Henry, and several others made that success possible.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Inventor_of_the_Telegraph#ixzz1LRDiG178


What did the first telegraph look like?

what did the first telegraph look like?


What came after the telegraph?

Welll.... the telegraph replaced the pony express then the telephone replaced the telegraph. and now a days texting has replaced the telephone.


What did Samuel Morse do?

Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and Morse Code. (For more information on Samuel Morse, see the website listed below) SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_F._B._Morse


What happened on the 20th of January 1856?

On January 20, 1856, the first-ever successful use of the telegraph to transmit a message across the Atlantic Ocean occurred. This milestone was achieved by the pioneering inventor Sir William Thomson, who demonstrated the potential of the telegraph for long-distance communication. The event marked a significant advancement in communication technology, setting the stage for the global connectivity that would follow in the coming decades.