Industrial revolution communication

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    The telegraph was invented by Samuel F.B Morse. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.
  • Typewriter

    Typewriter
    Christopher Sholes created the first modern typewriter. It was an improved version of the typewriter but had a similar purpose.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone. It allowed people to communicate over longer distances
  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    Thomas Edison created the first phonograph. While working on an improvement to the telephone, Edison figured out a way to record sound on a cylinder wrapped in tinfoil.