The invention of the telegraph, to me, was a gateway for all the inventions to come of the century to today. It was the first form of instantaneous communication. It was a way of texting in the 1800’s. Morse created a code that helped simplify the messages that were being sent. First, it started with a number equals a word and then moved to letter by letter and dots. From watching one of the videos, I find it interesting that Vail played a large role in the development of the telegraph. According to the video, Vail used his mind and imagination and was fulfilled with what he was doing but did not receive any credit for his input. Vail was a man that enjoyed what he was doing and he helped create the gateway for telephone. From a video, they talked about how the telegraph was the greatest and most influential invention that lead to the telephone. The electric currents can carry sound and therefore a sound wave was the human voice. From all of these findings, it is clear that Morse, Vail, Bell created a pathway for generations to create inventions beyond the society’s expectations, such as planes and automobiles.
The telegraph was a way for people to stay connected and receive news, invitations, messages for express trains, etc. People were able to communicate miles away. ”The confidence in the efficiency of telegraphic communication has now become so complete, that the most important commercial transactions daily transpire by its means between correspondents several hundreds miles away. They found it to be “complete”. Today, people demand more and have a need for more technology that connects them to people around the world. I feel that email, text messaging, facebook, twitter etc. are today’s telegraph. They connect people who live thousands of miles away at every second of the day The telegraph was the simple form of telecommunications. Think of what today would be like if the telegraph was the only thing around? The world would be a different place. During the 1800’s people relied on telegraphs just like people today rely on email and text messages.