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... > social science subjects > library and information science > information science > publishing > book industry > publishing industry > journalism > technology (journalism) > telegraph

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  • The telegraph was an electrical network that enabled transmission and receiving of coded electrical signals across wires. The system, used first in Britain and then the United States, was largely developed by Samuel F. B. Morse, and was first demonstrated publicly in 1844. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Telegraph]

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