The Victorian Internet
In short: From French semaphore towers to the Atlantic cable of 1866, the telegraph brought near-instant long-distance communication generations before the internet, which still depends on the undersea cables the telegraph pioneered.
A 2:08 short film in the series “Lost Futures”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Claude Chappe | Inventor, Semaphore, Telegraph | Britannica”; Science Museum (Science Museum Blog), “Sending messages across the Atlantic - Science Museum Blog”; Smithsonian Science Education Center, “Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Telegraph | Invention, History, & Facts | Britannica”; Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), The Journal of Economic History, “The Atlantic Telegraph Cable and Capital Market Information Flows | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core”; Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Science Education Center blog), “Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Today in History August 16 | 1858, Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, & Cyrus Field | Britannica”; PBS American Experience (WGBH), “How the Early Cable Was Used | American Experience | PBS”; Science Museum (London), “How perseverance laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable | Science Museum”; Cambridge University Press (Journal of Global History, Cambridge Core), “Buying time: futures trading and telegraphy in nineteenth-century global commodity markets* | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core”; Nature (Springer Nature), article published 4 August 1887, “The Jubilee of the Electric Telegraph - Nature”; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, “"What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message”; Smithsonian Institution Archives, “A Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Mirror galvanometer | measurement instrument | Britannica”; PBS / WGBH, American Experience, “Inventing the Mirror Galvanometer | American Experience | PBS”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Claude Chappe | Inventor, Semaphore, Telegraph | Britannica · View →
- Science Museum (Science Museum Blog) — Sending messages across the Atlantic - Science Museum Blog · View →
- Smithsonian Science Education Center — Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Telegraph | Invention, History, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), The Journal of Economic History — The Atlantic Telegraph Cable and Capital Market Information Flows | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Science Education Center blog) — Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Today in History August 16 | 1858, Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, & Cyrus Field | Britannica · View →
- PBS American Experience (WGBH) — How the Early Cable Was Used | American Experience | PBS · View →
- Science Museum (London) — How perseverance laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable | Science Museum · View →
- Cambridge University Press (Journal of Global History, Cambridge Core) — Buying time: futures trading and telegraphy in nineteenth-century global commodity markets* | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core · View →
- Nature (Springer Nature), article published 4 August 1887 — The Jubilee of the Electric Telegraph - Nature · View →
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History — "What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message · View →
- Smithsonian Institution Archives — A Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Mirror galvanometer | measurement instrument | Britannica · View →
- PBS / WGBH, American Experience — Inventing the Mirror Galvanometer | American Experience | PBS · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Claude Chappe | Inventor, Semaphore, Telegraph | Britannica
- Also: Science Museum (Science Museum Blog): Sending messages across the Atlantic - Science Museum Blog
- Also: Smithsonian Science Education Center: Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire
- Also: Telegraph | Invention, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Core), The Journal of Economic History: The Atlantic Telegraph Cable and Capital Market Information Flows | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core
- Also: Smithsonian Science Education Center (Smithsonian Magazine blog): Morse Code Day | Messages on a Wire
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Today in History August 16 | 1858, Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, & Cyrus Field | Britannica
- Also: PBS American Experience (WGBH): How the Early Cable Was Used | American Experience | PBS
- Also: Science Museum (London): How perseverance laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable | Science Museum
- Also: Cambridge University Press (Journal of Global History, Cambridge Core): Buying time: futures trading and telegraphy in nineteenth-century global commodity markets* | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
- Also: Nature (Springer Nature), article published 4 August 1887: The Jubilee of the Electric Telegraph - Nature
- Also: Smithsonian National Museum of American History: "What Hath God Wrought" Telegraph Message
- Also: Smithsonian Institution Archives: A Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Mirror galvanometer | measurement instrument | Britannica
- Also: PBS / WGBH, American Experience: Inventing the Mirror Galvanometer | American Experience | PBS
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