In the Industrial Revolution, many inventions were made that now we take for granted today. These inventions include the automobile, steamboats and typewriter as well as equality, vaccines, unions and health care. Vaccines and antibiotics were also invented during this time. One such invention that came from this time was the telegraph accompanied by Morse code. The telegraph revolutionized communication, transportation and was the fountain of the modern internet. First of all, what was the telegraph? With the first prototype being created in 1837 by Samuel Morse and his assistant Joseph Henry, The telegraph was the first successful means of a long distance communication that did not rely on …show more content…
When the telegraph key was connected (achieved by pushing down) the circuit would be completed. (The telegraph key was made for rapid movements in order to send messages faster). After this it rotates a magnet that attracts other pieces of metal. From here the sender can choose to send a short burst (dot) or a long burst (dash). These translate into Morse Code, something that Morse also developed and was one of the main reasons why his telegraph was more successful then the other ones before him even though they came out with their versions of the telegraph before …show more content…
Well, by allowing people to communicate to each other in two sides of a continent the telegraph allowed farmers to send larger halls to markets, towns and cities that were miles away. This meant that they could employ a larger work force. This larger work force eventually developed worker’s rights and unions. Farmers on the east coast could send their products to the west coast and did not have to worry about sending too much and making a loss. They could also send their goods internationally to country’s across the pacific. By allowing multiple trains to contact each other. If there was something blocking the tracks, such as an avalanche or a train track that has split due to cold weather a train that was trapped could warn another train behind them to prevent a crash and a loss of human lives. Ships could also send out distress calls to other ships in the area in the event of an emergency (S.O.S, short for Save Our Selves or Save Our Ship became to international call for help regardless of what transportation the call of destress is coming from). It also helped the production of oil production. After the invention of the telegraph there was a surge in the financing world because for the first time you can get real time updates on stocks you own and the finance world became more accessible to the
New inventions in communication such as the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 and soon after radio communication made long distance communication quicker and easier than using a telegraph http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-424_t-1100_c-4258/the-second-industrial-revolution/nsw/history/the-industrial-revolution/the-impact-of-the-industrial-revolution. Transportation was influenced by the invention of electric traction and the electric motor which were used in streetcars and subway systems. Manufacturing was also influenced by electricity; it allowed production to rely on artificially generated power rather than the force of human strength or steam power which greatly increased work productivity http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24470.
People were able to directly communicate with others hundreds of miles away by way of telegraph and later, the telephone. In 1920 the first radio was invented, which in a way, united the country. Soon after the television was invented and American society and culture became one and the same in every corner of the country.
The urgency of communication was never much felt until the beginning and use of telegraphy. It was much easier to transmit and receive messages over long distances that no longer needed physical transport of letters.
He used a comparison pattern to describe telegraph invention with the internet, and how was more important to invent this device similar to the internet invention. Reading through the book gives a different criterion of the implementation and evolution of the telegraph device in Europe and United States. Although Standage’s book lacks deep technical aspects, he tells the story of telegraph invention in simple and interesting chronical way. In fact, he started his first chapter by mentioning the rumors of inventing a magical device to transfer letter between people mile apart in the late of the sixteen century. By 1791 two French scientist brothers Claude and Rene Chappe invented the first version of the Telegraph. The working principle of this device was mechanical and optical, which had failed in the dark. The Chappe brothers continued their trials until 1793 they succeeded to invent the first dependable device to transmit messages over long distances. At this time, the telegraph first named tachygraph from the Greek word tachy which means fast, then they changed to telegraph. The new invention became fully operational by 1794, where it played an important role to send a report of the capture of town from the Austrians and Prussians. The success of using the telegraph in civilian and military matter encouraged Napoleon to build wider telegraph network by 1804. During the nineteen century, the telegraph machine evolved to a wider global communication network to cross the continents especially in England and the United States, where Samuel Morse developed a newer version of the telegraph by
Many new advancements in textiles and transportation, took place during the late 18th and 19th century. This time period was called the Industrial Revolution, it was the expeditious development of industry. It was brought on by the establishments of machinery. As a result, the inventions shaped the economy and it helped civilization reach further into technology. The Industrial Revolution started in Britain because of its resources and geography.
Starr argues that it is the government and political decisions that mainly influence the development of the post office, telegraph, and telephone during the 19th and early 20th centuries. While accurate in some regards, this view is too narrow-sighted in that it forgets the impact that users (individuals and organizations) had on the development of the various technologies. It also overlooks the fact that the users of the systems are able to influence the government, either through voting or through lobbying, and can therefore be responsible for the very decisions that Starr attributes solely to the government. Starr is probably correct about the political origins of the post office as a technology, mainly because it is the only one of the three socio-technical systems to be owned by the federal government, though there is still an argument to be made as to whether it was purely a political decision or actually a response to the using public for the reason that the legislation passed the way it did. As for the telegraph, though Starr spends a lot of time talking about the influence of the bilateral monopoly with the Associated Press, and to a less extent the interaction with the railroads, he doesn’t seem to make the jump to actually saying that the AP and the railroads influenced the development of the telegraph from a non-political standpoint. Finally, the telephone was highly influenced by its users, both directly through the creation of the independent telephone companies and indirectly through changing government policy.
The Industrial Revolution was the major advancement of technology in the late 18th and early 19th century that began in Britain and spread to America.The national and federal government helped the United States grow into a self reliant nation with improvements in transportation, technology, manufacturing and the growth of the population.
From a young age, Edison was always very enamored by the thought of the telegraph. This was an electric machine that was used to send messages back and forth in the form of dots and dashes. Longer or shorter dashes stood for different letters, and put together, they created words (Barnham). Though Edison had started out with simple jobs that didn’t take much time or effort, he eventually became a professional telegrapher. Only later on did he realize his real calling in life was to become an inventor.
During the second industrial revolution in the late 1800's, mass production and manufacturing of goods began to rapidly expand. With these changes also came a change in fuel sources, which began moving towards more modern forms such as petroleum and electricity. With theses changes in production and power came new possibilities and ideas. Many great thinkers became invested technological advancement by leveraging the changes that came with the second industrial revolution. Thomas Edison came to be one of America's greatest inventors during this time. While working on a way to record telegraph messages using paper indentations, Thomas Edison came up with the idea that conversation held over telephone may be able to be recorded in a similar fashion. On Nov. 21, 1877, Thomas Edison publicly announced that he had invented a device that can record sound: The Phonograph. This invention would have a major impact around the globe at the time and to this day is the foundation for not only recorded telephone messages, but all forms of recorded audio.
In conclusion, the industrial revolution brought many changes to Britain. The changes included the textile industry, the steam powered engines, which helped create steam-powered locomotives and steam boats. Because of this major improvement in the industrial revolution railroads began to sprout and was a more efficient way to transport goods and people across Britain. The Industrial Revolution no doubt brought rapid changes to people’s lives in Britain.
The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell.”Mr. Bell invented the telephone by accident when he was trying to invent a device that could send more than one telegram at the same time.”2 Before this people would have to send telegraphs, wich where meseges that where sent in...
Although the Tesla coil has been replaced in many areas by more modern circuitry, the tesla coil at the time is what allowed for the first wireless telegraph communication systems to work (MagLab 2014)
Cell phones have immensely changed the way people communicate today. A cell phone can be all a person need for interaction. From a cell phone, a person can make calls, send text messages, emails, and send and also receive directions, buy things online, do online banking, listen to music and much more. Since someone can do everything with one device, there is no longer a need to go around with multiple devices about. Greek hydraulic semaphore systems were used as early as the 4th century. The hydraulic semaphores, which functioned with water filled containers and visual signals, functioned as optical telegraphs. However, they could only apply a very limited range of pre-determined messages, and as with all such visual telegraphs could only be deployed during good visibility conditions. Experiments on communication using electricity was carried out in 1729 but was not successful. The experiment was proposed by William Fothergill Cooke. In 1837, William invented a practical electric telegraph which entered commercial use in 1838 (J. B. Calvert, May 2004). The first telephone was invented in 1878 by Alexander Graham Bell. He experimented with a ‘phonautograph’, it is a machine shaped like a pen that can draw shapes of sound waves on smoked glass by tracing vibrations.
1831: Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday's work with electromagnetism makes possible the era of electronic communication to begin.
...he Telephone ~ Bell worked on the harmonic telegraph with his assistant, the electrician Thomas Watson. However, Bell thought of another idea; he believed that he could create a device that would transmit speech electrically. Secretly, he and Watson worked on this device. The first successful two-way conversation of clear speech by Bell and Watson was made on March 10, 1876 when Bell spoke into the device, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” The men were jubilant after Watson heard the message and came to Bell’s side. Bell did not want to patent the device, since he believed that he needed to improve on it. However, Hubbard found out about the device and applied a patent for it without Bell’s permission. Coincidentally, Bell’s rival Elisha Gray applied for a patent for a telephone-like device, but since Bell’s patent was applied for first, he won the patent.