the commercial electric telegraph is no more. The speed with which electromagnetic telegraph systems took over both short- and long-distance communication in the mid 19th century set the pattern ...

The telegraph stands as one of the most groundbreaking inventions in human history. Before its arrival, communication was painfully slow, relying on messengers, letters, or physical travel. The ...

Left: Alexander Bain’s Chemical Telegraph used treated paper to receive electric signal transmissions ... space and time collapsed in 19th century America and suddenly great distances didn ...

In fact, the advent of telegraphic communication in the mid-19th century ... Instantaneous electrical communication seemed so miraculous that Samuel Morse's first message on his telegraph line ...

In the 1880s, Thomas Edison sued Woods twice, claiming he'd first invented a telegraph ... the late 19th century. Woods was regarded as the first African American mechanical and electrical ...

The first significant application of controlled electricity in Cleveland was telegraphy, which made its appearance in the city in 1847 on the premises of the Lake Erie Telegraph ... of ...