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telegraphy

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The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

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The problem in the 19th century with information was that we lived in a culture of information scarcity, and so humanity addressed that problem beginning with photography and telegraphy and the - in the 1840s. We tried to solve the problem of overcoming the limitations of space, time, and form. Neil Postman

1880 saw the Great North Western Telegraph Company established to connect Ontario and Manitoba but within a year it was taken over by Western Union, leading briefly to that company's control of almost all telegraphy in Canada. Source: Internet

"About the propagation of electromagnetic plane waves along a conductor plane and their relationship to wireless telegraphy" ) * J. Zenneck, "Elektromagnetische Schwingungen und drahtlose Telegraphie", gart, F. Enke, 1905. Source: Internet

After this, wireless telegraphy using spark-gap transmitters quickly became universal on large ships. Source: Internet

A handbook of wireless telegraphy: its theory and practice, for the use of electrical engineers, students, and operators. Source: Internet

After many breakthroughs, including applying the wired telegraphy concept of grounding the transmitter and receiver, Marconi was able, by early 1896, to transmit radio far beyond the short ranges that had been predicted. Source: Internet

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