Originally before we were able to send voice massages by telephone or radio messages were sent through wire using code made up of combination of long beeps and short beeps that were known as Morse...
A telegraph is a device for sending messages ("graph") over a distance ("tele"). Smoke signals sent by Native Americans qualify under this definition. So does the use of flags or signal fires. An...
The telegraph was the "talking wire" made by Samuel F. B. Morse (like Morse Code). It had Morse Code in it and sent messages through dots and dashes. -- Telegraph was an early system of sending...
It helped communication for far distances and it also created Morse code. Source: Holt, United States History Independence to 1914, Deverell and White. Pg. 364-5 "In 1832, Samuel F.B. Morse perfected...
The telegraph lost popularity when the telephone became cheap enough and reliable enough to use. The last land-line telegraph message was sent by the Milwaukee Railroad, between Milwaukee and...