USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The induction telegraph used static electricity from the existing telegraph lines running parallel to the train tracks, making messaging possible between moving trains and rail stations. Woods’ later inventions dealt with more efficient use of electricity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Telegraphy made it possible for information to travel much faster than the fastest means of transport-the railway. The telegraph became essential to the efficient management of newly emerging railways in Britain, but it quickly expanded to more general communication.

Detailed explanation-3: -The electric telegraph did not burst suddenly upon the scene but rather resulted from a scientific evolution that had been taking place since the 18th century in the field of electricity. One of the key developments was the invention of the voltaic cell in 1800 by Alessandro Volta of Italy.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the transcontinental railroad was linked in the United States, there was a line of telegraph wires that ran parallel to it. This was done to facilitate instant communication. The traditional telegraph lines that strung across the continent were replaced by these wires.

Detailed explanation-5: -On October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph system was completed by Western Union, making it possible to transmit messages rapidly (by mid-nineteenth-century standards) from coast to coast. This technological advance, pioneered by inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, heralded the end of the Pony Express.