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... the first 200 years. Ian Graham www.iangraham.org. (hi)story technology evolution innovation. 25 December, 1763 b. Claude Chappe. 14 July, 1789. 2 March, 1791 "si vous réussissez, vous serez bientôt couverts de gloire". ~3 bits/sec (2 6 words/min) 1400 km/h. 560 stations.
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... the first 200 years Ian Graham www.iangraham.org
2 March, 1791 "si vous réussissez, vous serez bientôt couverts de gloire"
~3 bits/sec (26 words/min) 1400 km/h 560 stations 4,800 km
telegraph semaphore control codes
1 January 1845 ...he is in the garb of a kwaker with a brown coat on which reaches....
Culture coded messages --AB BFT CK IF CHN ATE social networking technology subculture Monopoly (Western Union)
“What use,” he asked pleasantly, “could this company make of an electrical toy?” President Orton, of Western Union, refusing a $100,000 plea to purchase the Bell telephone company assets.