Who Invented The Telegraph? Inside The Birth Of The Revolutionary Device That Changed Communication Forever
Samuel Morse first got the idea to invent the electric telegraph in 1832, and by the time he died 40 years later, it was possible to send a message from America to Europe within minutes. Authenticated News / Getty ImagesSamuel Morse send off the first public telegraph from the Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol to Baltimore , Maryland , on May 24 , 1844 . When the first telegraph substance was successfully send in 1844 , peculiar bystanders were gobsmacked ....