History of Telecommunications

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What was the first Telegraph message?

"What hath God wrought!"

When did Samuel Morse receive funding from U.S. Congress to set up and test Telegraph?

1843

When did Samuel Morse invent the Telegraph?

1844

When was the first Telegraph transmission?

1844

When was the Bell Telephone Company formed?

1877

When did Thomas Edison file his patent for the Phonograph?

1878

When did sales of Telephones take off?

1881

When did Thomas Edison develop a method for mass producing records?

1900

When did Alexander Graham file his patent for the Telephone?

February 14, 1876

When did Alexander Graham Bell invent the Telephone?

March 10, 1876

Who invented the Telegraph?

Samuel Morse

Telegraph

Worked by transmitting electrical signals over wire laid bare Revolutionized Communication In 20 yrs., had people installing undersea Atlantic cable to communicate between continents. Led to other communication technologies

Who invented the Telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

Phonograph

Allowed for the recording and playback of music

Morse Code

Developed a code that assigned dots and dashes to each letter

Whose recording sold a million copies?

Enrico Caruso

What revolutionized how music was heard and set in motion how it was produced?

The phonograph

Who invented the Phonograph?

Thomas Edison

What company dominated the market for vinyl records?

Victor company with its Victrola disc player

What would make possible the long playing (LP) record after WWII?

Vinyl

Between whom was the first Telegraph transmission?

Washington, D.C. and Baltimore MD


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