Category: Telegraph

How Alexander Graham Bell’s Childhood Contributed to Him Changing the World of Communication

The telegraph revolutionized communication in 1844, and inventors everywhere raced to improve upon it. In November 1874, Alexander Graham Bell wrote to his parents about his efforts to invent a machine that could transmit spoken words before his rival, Elisha Gray. “It is a neck and neck race between Mr. Gray and myself who shall…


How Government ‘Helped Advance’ One of Greatest Inventions of the 19th Century: The Telegraph

No mortal being knows tomorrow as well as he knows yesterday, but that doesn’t stop very many from predicting the future anyway—sometimes suggesting a measure of scientific precision by offering excruciating detail. Nobody knows what 2023’s GDP growth will be, nor what the temperature will be on Christmas Day in Chicago, but you can bet…