https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl All about the Telegraph en-us 2016-10-18 13:29:40 UTC 2026-03-28 17:44:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132075800 Invented by Claude Chappe in 1792, the visual signaling system was used for the telegraph for communication.]]> 2016-10-20 14:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132075800 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132076455 Samuel B. Morse made the first long-distance electrical line in 1844, more than 50 years after Claude Chappe made a visual signaling system]]> 2016-10-20 14:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132076455 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132078941 http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/warehouse13/images/8/8c/Telegraph_Island_Telegraph.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20130508181614]]> 2016-10-20 14:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132078941 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132079643 Each telegraph "consisted of a transmitter and receiver connected by one or more wires that carried electric current from a battery. At the transmitter, an operator caused current to flow in a particular pattern.” (Brown)]]> 2016-10-20 14:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132079643 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132080164 The telegraph was created as a faster method of telecommunication, or communication over a long distance.]]> 2016-10-20 14:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132080164 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132081762 Before telegrams, long-distance communication was through “semaphore” which was a signaling system including flags or lights. An observer would decipher the signal from a high tower and send it to the next station. ]]> 2016-10-20 14:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132081762 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132082501 Average citizens would communicate through letters through a postal service (manual transportation of letters, not just data/information)]]> 2016-10-20 14:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132082501 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132083440 The telegraph got its name since:
Tele = at a distance 
Graph = diagram 
and the invention is a diagram used to communicate over a distance


]]> 2016-10-20 14:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132083440 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132085276 The public's want of long-distance communication in a short period of time ]]> 2016-10-20 14:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132085276 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132993113 Prior to the telegraph's invention, people would communicate through “semaphore” which was a signaling system including flags or lights. Another form of communication was to write letters, which took weeks if not months to send back and forth. ]]> 2016-10-25 13:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132993113 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132994749 Before the invention, communication was very difficult, especially across states or even the country. After the telegraph, the world changed; "It seemed as if information could flow like water."]]> 2016-10-25 13:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132994749 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132996070 Compared to today's methods, the early telegraph was no better than the postal system since messages took weeks or even months to arrive at its designated location across the country. Later, however, telegrams could be sent in minutes or even seconds. ]]> 2016-10-25 13:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132996070 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132996548 Through the telegraph, telecommunication became an important ideas for inventors to invest their time on: the radio and telephone were created shortly after the invention of the telegraph ]]> 2016-10-25 13:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132996548 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132997667 This technology is almost obsolete at this point, due to the inventions of telephones (and cellular phones), the internet, and other telecommunication systems that allow people to interact globally ]]> 2016-10-25 13:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/132997667 monaparisi https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/133607741 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/telegraph-lines.jpg]]> 2016-10-27 13:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/monaparisi/ziez4hmbykdl/wish/133607741