Telegraph

The telegraph was invented by several inventors, but the model made by Samuel Morse in 1835 and was patented, was the most popular. The telegraph was the first invention that gave people the opportunity to communicate over thousands of kilometers away at lightning speed. This meant that people did not have to sail from England to America to bring a message, but that it could instead communicate through the cables and using small dots and lines also known as Morse code, which was part of Samuel Morse telegraph machine. In 1856 was put down cables in the Atlantic and came telegraph connection between Europe and America and by the end of 1800, was the whole world in rapid communication. A trained operator could transmit 40-50 words per minute.

 Humans have always communicated with each other. After the electricity had been invented, it was possible for the Morse and others that work on the telegraph. The speed of the telegraph was to drop Pony Express, pigeons and smoke signals, for now, there was keen masts along the railway tracks and at every railway station, could receive or send messages.

Prize in 1856 for sending messages was approx. 40 cents for 15 words.

In the late 19th century came the wireless telegraph (radio wave) which we can thank for Guglielmo Marconi. Until then, ships had only been able to communicate closely on land or close to other ships. The wireless telegraph also used Morse code to send messages.

Probably the most famous Morse signal is enough SOS (… — …) as the Titanic when it sent aid into an iceberg and as everyone knows and does help. Today when we speak over the radio or telephone use is also May Day comes from the French “M’aidez” and does help me. Another interesting thing about Morse code is that you can also use sound, light or flags to send signals.

 
You can compare the telegraph to today’s email to the email computer also communicate with signs, it is obviously much faster than Morse code, but the principle of communicating the same speed is the same. But the difference between e-mail and the telegraph is that everyone can send an e-mail if we have learned to read and write and have a computer available. To use the telegraph, you should be trained to send and understand the codes and it was only such military and postal services were trained. Millions of people have up to several computers at home and sends e-mails every day. It is also cheaper.

But the Internet (and thus e-mails) would not exist if no electricity and the telegraph was invented and further developed by various scientists