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Tech Over Time Telegraph

By Jake Tysdal
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    Invention of The Non-electrical Telegraph

    This is this time Claude Chappe was inventing the non-electric telegraph.
  • A Rough System of The Telegraph

    A Rough System of The Telegraph

    This year is when Samuel Morse first invented a rough system of the electrical telegraph.
  • Non-electrical Telegraph Network

    Non-electrical Telegraph Network

    At this time Chappe had created a network of towers and mechanical arms across France that the non-electrical telegraph used.
  • The First Invention of The Electrical Telegraph

    The First Invention of The Electrical Telegraph

    This is the date when the first electric telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse.

  • First message sent by telegraph

    "What hath God wrought?" was the first message sent by telegraph by Samuel Morse
  • The telegraph in New York City

    The telegraph in New York City

    The telegraph was used in ten firms in New York City, and in total was used by about 75 companies with 21,147 miles of wire.

  • The Treaty of Six Nations

    Monopolies signed the “Treaty of Six Nations” which was a pooling agreement between the six biggest regional firms.

  • Amount of Messages Yearly

    At this time over 63.2 million messages were being sent by telegraph every year