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- Telegraph refers to a system by which information is transmitted using a signal.
- The word telegraph was developed by Frenchman Claude Chappe (1763-1805) who took the Greek words tele meaning distance and graphien meaning to write, giving the word the meaning "writing at a distance."
- William Fothergill Cooke (1806-1879) and Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) together designed a five-needle telegraph system in 1837 which was used for railroad signalling in Britain.
- On 1 January 1845, the telegraph became more significant after it was used to catch a murderer who had been observed boarding a train heading for London. After the authorities were warned ahead via telegraph, the murderer was arrested, tried, and hanged.
- Samuel Morse (1791-1872), was not the first to use electricity to power the telegraph, but it was his telegraphic method that became universally adopted.
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What are two facts about the electric telegraph?
Text messeiging
What are some telegraph facts?
one is that it helped people talk to each other across the country faster
What are facts about the Morse telegraph?
The Morse Code was made by Samuel Morse in 1844 and they were used to communicate secretly. They mostly are dots and slashes.
How telegraph chaneged?
telegraph changed to internet
When was telegraph?
Telegraph-Journal was created in 1862.
Can a telegraph be wireless?
Yes a telegraph can be wireless. Thomas Edison invented the first wireless telegraph
Who are the owners of the Daily Telegraph UK?
The Barclay brothers puchased the Telegraph Group , which included the The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph and The spectator, from Hollinger in 2004.
How was electricity sent across the country?
The telegraph.
How do you make a Morse code machine?
HOW THEY MADE A MORSE CODE MACHINE Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail developed an electric telegraph which sent pulses of electrical current to control an electromagnet that was located at the receiving end of the telegraph wire.
What is a telegraph circuit?
A telegraph circuit is an electrical circuit attached to a telegraph. This circuit is incomplete until the telegraph is connected, allowing for the Morse-code messages by tapping the circuit closed.
Where can one subscribe to the Evening Telegraph online?
For Telegraph readers who are wishing to subscribe online to the Evening Telegraph they could subscribe by going to their local online Evening Telegraph website.
Which development brought an end to the Pony Express?
The telegraph is what ended the Pony Express
