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        On October 8, 1809, the first telegraph was invented by David Alter and Andre-Marie Ampere. - 
  
  
        The first commercial system, and the most widely used needle telegraph - 
  
  in may 1837, Charles Wheatstone invented the first "electric telegraph"
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        on may 24 1844 Samuel demonstrates the morse code - 
  
  
        the telegraph sent its first message across the Atlantic ocean - 
  
  
        England to France telegraphs line fails because the insulation resistance was first impaired and then the insulation failed, creating short circuits. - 
  
  
        Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph with the message, “What hath God wrought?” - 
  
  
        the telegraph turned into a success