Morse Telegraph
What are we looking at?
The morse telegraph is the oldest artifact in SAMSAT AREA 21 using dots and spaces to make letters and numbers to create messages. This artifact allows for long distance communication via electrical signals. An operator or the handler of a telegraph would have to manually press a key to generate electrical pulses that would change into letters when received at the other end of communication resulting in message being sent over wires.
The historical significance of the artifact?
Invented by Samuel Morse this telegraph revolutionized communication by implementing rapid transmissions of messages over long distances for the first time in human history. This resulted in future technologies such as the telephone that everyone uses. The rapidness of messages being sent impacted business, politics, warfare, and news. Loved ones could now message one another instantly providing comfort.