HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Who invented the telegraph?
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Samuel Adams
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Samuel Morse
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Robert Fulton
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Francis Lowell
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -First invented in 1774, the telegraph was a bulky and impractical machine that was designed to transmit over twenty-six electrical wires. Morse reduced that unwieldy bundle of wires into a single one. Assisting him in the development of the apparatus were two men, Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail.
Detailed explanation-2: -On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey.
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