History of Telecommunications
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
