Telegram Timeline

By lynncomm218
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    Telegram Timespan

  • First telegram invented

    First telegram invented
    Barron Schilling created the telegram

  • Sammuel Morse sent the first Telegram

  • the telegraph becames greatest means of communication

    the telegraph becames greatest means of communication

  • Donald Murray improves the telegraph 5 unit code with new character assignments and adds two shifts

    Donald Murray improves the telegraph 5 unit code with new character assignments and adds two shifts

  • Approximately 12,000 Teletype machines world wide still exist in the hands of third world countries, amateur radio operators and collectors (TeleType is a Telegram Maker and they are no longer in use)

  • My future prediction Holographic telegram replaces the text message as the quickest way to communicate

  • Citations

    Works Cited
    Alexander, Harriet. "Ten Famous Telegrams." The Telegraph. The Telegraph, 9 Nov. 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6494297/Ten-famous-telegrams.html.
    Grace, Michael L. The Post Office aboard the Titanic. Digital image. The Post Office aboard the Titanic. Cruising The Past, 21 July 2009. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. http://cruiselinehistory.com/the-post-office-aboard-the-titanic/.
    Gray and Blue looks Old. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://ww