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The Invention of the Telegraph

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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What Are We Going to Get for the Telegraph?

The first public message sent by telegraph is as a demonstration or the us Congress. It was sent between washington, d c, and baltimore. And the message was, what hath god wrought? Something about this is hilarious to me. I think something is lost across e culture and history there. Yes, i don't i don't understand why this particular quote screams to be the first transmitted message. Like, why not something a little more up beat, or just a little more clear? What have i done?"

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