The First Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Messages

[Graham1973]

One of the first great communication 'collapses' in history was the advent of the electric telegraph which drastically reduced communications times across large distances. Permitting this 'time compressing' technology to cross the oceans seemed an insurmountable problem, especially in an era when electricity itself was not fully understood.

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