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    topic from the case studies in the text. You may choose any of the topics, except those covered in previous assignments. Examples of topics you might investigate include: using telecommunications to keep in touch with co-workers; telecommunications innovation; managing telecommunications; emerging telecommunications technologies; and so on. Do independent research on your topic and present your findings in a 15-20 page position paper (based on the body of the paper, excluding references,

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    gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmhome.html Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress, 1862 - 1939. September 2000. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html Secondary sources: Casson, Herbert, N. The History of the Telephone. Electronic Text Center, Universit

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    button the telegraph by Samuel Morse was the first of its era to allow mass communication, quickly, and long distant. Changing the way the world communicated and conducting business, the invention of the telegraph became a significant part of American history. Prior to the invention of the telegraph, people would write letters and rely on messengers to deliver their letters. Often letters would be sent via boats across the ocean taking days to receive. Samuel Morse was quoted “I wish that in an instant

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    However, it was Samuel Morse that would go down in history for bettering Joseph Henry's invention. Samuel made sketches of a "magnetized magnet" based on Henry's work. He then went on to invent a telegraph system that was a practical and commercial success. Samuel Morse While he was a professor

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    What if you couldn't call anyone and you had to only send letter. Well that's what people had to do before the Telegraph. Some information is Samuel Morse invented the Telegraph. Also Abraham Lincoln was the first president to use the telegraph. The invention of the Telegraph had a significant impact on american by making different ways to communicate, communicating with other Nations , Can make communication in the civil war easier. The inventor Samuel Morse is the inventor and he made the first

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    completed line. It was sent from the old Supreme Court chamber in the United States Capitol to his partner in Baltimore. Annie Ellsworth, the daughter of a friend of Morse’s, chose the verse from Numbers 23:23. This was a very significant point in history as an improvement in communication; however, the message was difficult to understand at times and was very difficult and tedious to create. The telegraph did wonders to speed up process of communication; however, it was still not ideal for everyday

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    could be transmitted instantaneously. The first message was, famously, that “a treaty of peace has been signed between Austria and Prussia” (History Magazine n/d, “Third Time Lucky”,

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    “What hath God wrought?” This message, the first of its kind to be sent instantly over a long distance was transmitted back in 1844. While it may seem insignificant, this series of clinks was what started the era of communication. Morse code is a system created by Samuel F. B. Morse that uses dits and dahs sent over an electromagnetic box to relate messages. Throughout its growth, it has aided in many wars and led to new inventions like the radio and telephone. While it’s not used today, it’s important

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    two men majorly involved in the creation of the telegraph. The man that created the telegraph created morse code, which was involved in many other future forms of technology. The technology that evolved from the telegraph has been used throughout history. The telegraph ideas are used in modern day times to create new ways of communication connecting the corners of the nation. The phenomenon of Benjamin Franklin's experiments helped influence the creation of the telegraph.

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    Samuel F. B. Morse was one of the greatest inventors of the 19th century; he was the invention of the singled-wire telegraph machine that influenced the Industrial Revolution in America and the Morse code led way to many future innovations. Samuel Morse was not just an inventor; he was also a painter that did works such as The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco and The Gallery of the Louvre 1831 – 1833 to portraits of famous politicians such as John Adams. Samuel F. B. Morse was born in Charleston

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