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minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou could definitely send telegraphs overseas, and sending or receiving them required no training.
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minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThe first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNo worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDuring a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe only way you were keying in a telegram yourself is if you worked for them.
You could definitely send telegraphs overseas, and sending or receiving them required no training.
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The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
I had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
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No worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
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During a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
You should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
I remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
The only way you were keying in a telegram yourself is if you worked for them.