The Victorian Internet
In short: Before the age of networks, semaphore towers, electric telegraph wires and a permanent Atlantic cable cut the time news took to travel from weeks to hours.
A 2:04 short film in the series “Lost Futures”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Science Museum (London), Science Museum Blog, “Revealing The Real Cooke And Wheatstone Telegraph Dial - Science Museum Blog”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Telegraph | Invention, History, & Facts | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Claude Chappe | Inventor, Semaphore, Telegraph | Britannica”; Smithsonian Science Education Center, “Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire”; Smithsonian Science Education Center (Smithsonian Magazine blog), “Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire”; Smithsonian National Museum of American History, “"What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message”; HISTORY (A&E Television Networks), “First transatlantic telegraph cable completed | August 5, 1858 | HISTORY”.
Sources used in this film
- Science Museum (London), Science Museum Blog — Revealing The Real Cooke And Wheatstone Telegraph Dial - Science Museum Blog · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Telegraph | Invention, History, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Claude Chappe | Inventor, Semaphore, Telegraph | Britannica · View →
- Smithsonian Science Education Center — Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire · View →
- Smithsonian Science Education Center (Smithsonian Magazine blog) — Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire · View →
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — "What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message · View →
- HISTORY (A&E Television Networks) — First transatlantic telegraph cable completed | August 5, 1858 | HISTORY · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Science Museum (London), Science Museum Blog: Revealing The Real Cooke And Wheatstone Telegraph Dial - Science Museum Blog
- Also: Telegraph | Invention, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Claude Chappe | Inventor, Semaphore, Telegraph | Britannica
- Also: Smithsonian Science Education Center: Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire
- Also: Smithsonian Science Education Center (Smithsonian Magazine blog): Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire
- Also: Smithsonian National Museum of American History: "What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message
- Also: HISTORY (A&E Television Networks): First transatlantic telegraph cable completed | August 5, 1858 | HISTORY
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