The modern equivalent of the telegraph is instant messaging and digital communication platforms, such as email, SMS, and messaging apps like WhatsApp or Telegram. These technologies allow for real-time communication across vast distances, similar to how the telegraph enabled quick message transmission in the 19th century. Additionally, social media platforms facilitate rapid information sharing, connecting people globally in an instant. Overall, these digital tools have largely replaced the need for traditional telegraphic communication.
With modern technology, the telegraph is being confined to history.
"Fields have eyes, woods have ears" for the telegraph crossword last Saturday. The modern days equivalent is the 'walls' have ears.... Clive
The Telegraph newspaper primarily uses a typeface called 'Telegraph Modern.' It is a custom-designed typeface specifically for their publication, known for its clean, modern aesthetic and readability.
Yes
Many early telegraph cables were made of iron wire, but all modern ones are copper.
The modern English equivalent of the word "yfele" is "evil."
NO
~The telegraph was the starting point for the science behind modern communication devices like the telephone and fax machine.~The telegraph was the first device that allowed information to travel over a distance without being physically transported by a person.~The telegraph was the first machine used to broadcast news using sound.~The first message sent on the telegraph was transatlantic, proving that a message could be sent over a long distance without a human being needed to transport it.
A British built telegraph connected Aleppo, Beirut, and Damascus
The basic type of phone, from which more modern telephones have been developed.
Once an effective communication system was in place, by way of the telegraph, it was more difficult for bushrangers to take their victims by surprise. Troopers now had the advantage of being better able to track the movements of bushrangers as news of their whereabouts was conveyed between telegraph receivers. Technological advancements in modern times would make it difficult for bushrangers to carry out their ambushes. The development of the car means that it would be pointless for a bushranger on horseback to try to waylay any travellers. Possibly the nearest modern day equivalent of a bushranger is a car-jacker.
telegraph changed to internet