yes.
Field hockey and underwater hockey are the closest.
Alessandro Volto had several contributions in the field of electricity. He invented the electric cell, the battery, the Voltaic pile and methane.
Dance was first used, I believe, as a form of worship. It then branched into the entertainment field.
Steve jobs and bill gates are the first two that come to mind
It was an economic war on the civilian infrastructure supporting the enemy troops in the field - burning farms, wrecking railroads, cutting telegraph wires.
I think it is Cyrus field!!
The first transatlantic telegraph cable was invented and constructed because of Cyrus West Field and the Atlantic Telegraph Company. It took four years to complete, 1854 to 1858.
Cyrus West Field was the force behind the first transatlantic telegraph cable, attempted unsuccessfully in 1857 and completed on August 5, 1858 Fredrick Newton Gisborne actually invented it in 1858.
The idea of a transatlantic telegraph cable was introduced my Samuel Morse himself in 1840. Fourteen years later in 1858, The Atlantic Telegraph Company behind the guidance of Cyrus West Field completed the first transatlantic telegraph cabe. It connected Newfoundland to Ireland.
Cyrus West Field
Cyrus West Field (1819 – 1892) was an American businessman and one of the founders of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company that laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.
Cyrus Field
Cyrus W. Field invented the first transatlantic telephone cable.
Cyrus Field
Cyrus W. Field has written: 'Complimentary dinner given on the 27th anniversary of the completion of the first Atlantc cable, \\' -- subject(s): Cables, Submarine, Submarine Cables 'Report of Mr. Cyrus W. Field to the president and directors [of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company,] London, March 8th, 1866'
Simple answer... Cyrus Field was the first to lay the first tranatlantic telegraph cable connecting the US and Britian... No longer did it take 2 or 3 weeks for a message to get from America to Europe .... a message could be sent in a matter of minutes...
Cyrus Field led the establishment of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. The first transatlantic message was received in 1858, but the cable stopped working after about 3 weeks. This cable was replaced by a new cable that was successfully laid in 1866 after five earlier attempts dating back to 1857.