RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
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Telegraph
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Telephone
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Email
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Phonograph
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Detailed explanation-1: -Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1832 and 1837, he developed a working model of an electric telegraph, using crude materials such as a home-made battery and old clock-work gears.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inventor Samuel Morse developed the telegraph system. Morse’s system sent out a signal in a series of dots and dashes, each combination representing one letter of the alphabet (“Morse code”). The inventor submitted a patent for his device, which he called “The American Recording Electro-Magnetic Telegraph” in 1837.