The invention of the Telegraph was a huge breakthrough in the field of communication — no wonder it was later combined with the post office and are located in the same building. The main advantage of the telegram was speed, the main disadvantage — a higher rate for forwarding than the letter. Therefore, at first they tried to transmit only the most important and urgent messages by telegram. The text of the telegram was printed on a paper tape, which was then pasted on a blank form. If desired, and for an additional fee, greeting telegrams were glued on corresponding holiday cards.
Before the advent of electric telegraph, the speed of information distribution for most people was limited by the speed of postal services. At one time, many scientists and inventors worked on methods of transmitting it over long distances, including Claude Chappe, Georges — Louis Le Sage, Pavel Schilling, Samuel Morse, Alexander Bain, Alexander Popov and Jean Baudot. In the history of this development up to 1839, there were several dozen different systems — most of them remained on paper, but there were also those that persistently moved to practical use.
Finally, the introduction of the telegraph freed communications from space-time constraints and revolutionized the global economy and public relations. By the end of the XIX century, Telegraph became a common means of communication for ordinary people.
Telegraphy on a global scale has also changed the approach to collecting information for news reports. Messages and information now spread far and wide, and the telegraph demanded the introduction of a language ‘free from local regional and non-literary aspects’.
Thomas Edison in 1869 created one of the earliest implementations of the telegraph — the ticker tape machine. A special typewriter was connected to telegraph wires for connection at the opposite end to a ticker tape machine. The typed text appeared on a narrow continuous paper ribbon at the opposite end of the link. The machine had a printing speed of approximately one character per second. Employees of the Yeniseysk postal and Telegraph office also used such a telegraph tape in their work.
Before the advent of electric telegraph, the speed of information distribution for most people was limited by the speed of postal services. At one time, many scientists and inventors worked on methods of transmitting it over long distances, including Claude Chappe, Georges — Louis Le Sage, Pavel Schilling, Samuel Morse, Alexander Bain, Alexander Popov and Jean Baudot. In the history of this development up to 1839, there were several dozen different systems — most of them remained on paper, but there were also those that persistently moved to practical use.
Finally, the introduction of the telegraph freed communications from space-time constraints and revolutionized the global economy and public relations. By the end of the XIX century, Telegraph became a common means of communication for ordinary people.
Telegraphy on a global scale has also changed the approach to collecting information for news reports. Messages and information now spread far and wide, and the telegraph demanded the introduction of a language ‘free from local regional and non-literary aspects’.
Thomas Edison in 1869 created one of the earliest implementations of the telegraph — the ticker tape machine. A special typewriter was connected to telegraph wires for connection at the opposite end to a ticker tape machine. The typed text appeared on a narrow continuous paper ribbon at the opposite end of the link. The machine had a printing speed of approximately one character per second. Employees of the Yeniseysk postal and Telegraph office also used such a telegraph tape in their work.
