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Telegraph Word
The Telegraph means "afar write" in greek:
Tele: Afar
Graphos: Write -
First Telegraph
The first telegraph was built in Bavaria by Samuel Soemmering using gold electrodes and 35 wires in water. The detection distance, 2000 feet away, was determined by the amount of gas produced by the electrlysis -
First Telegraph in the USA
Created by Harrison Dyer, he sent electrical sparks through chemically treated paper tape to burn dots and dashes. -
Creation of the First Practical Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail were issued a patent for the first practical telegraph based on electromagnets. To repeat the signal, relays were planted 10 miles apart. In Morse coding there are 11 different characters between American and European codes. -
Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse created the telegraph that eventually influenced buisness in the following decades and eventually providing instant communication across long distances. -
Morse Printer
Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail introduce a Morse printer that uses ink and electromagnets to print dots and dashes on paper tape. -
Printing Telegraph
A printing telegraph using paper was produced by the Royal E. House of Vermont with a type wheel and a piano like keyboard using one key for each character -
Sincronization of the Teleprinter
A music professor in Kentucky named David Hughes used pitch to sincronize the teleprinter. -
Telegraph Advancment
Over 83000 miles of wire were used in the USA to telegraph communication. The works on the telephone began. -
Baudots 5 Unit Code
Baudot's 5 unit code forms the basis for the european standard CCITT International Telegraph Alphabet No. 1 -
Morkrum 10 Tlegraph
The Associated Press bought the Morkrum 10 Telegraph -
M11 Typewheel
The M11 type-wheel tape printer, went into production. It constituted the first commercially acceptable and successful unit, The M11 was manufactured through 1927 with 883 machines being produced. -
M14 Typewriter
The M14 Typewriter was produced and marketed. It sold 60000 units.
