In the late 1800s, people used a telegraph to communicate

with a series of bells of varying pitches.

with words typed out on a typewriter.

with long and short clicks and beeps.

with overland mail carriages.

Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.

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