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EXTRA,
EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT
The famous English newspaper The Times, is printed on a steam-powered
rotary press. |
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HOLD
THAT SMILE…
Niépce has captured images. The only problem? It takes EIGHT
HOURS of exposure to take a picture! |
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HOW
IRONIC
Ronalds, another Englishman, builds a telegraph in his garden-but
no one cares! According to the admiralty, "Telegraphs of any
kind are wholly unnecessary"! |
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PHOTOGRAPH
Niépce manages to make a true photograph. |
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER
The first U.S. black newspaper, the "Freeman's Journal", is
published on March 16th in New York. What sets it apart from
the white press, is that while the establishment is in favour
of slavery, this new paper denounces the practice (which, incidentally,
was abolished 3 months later on July 4th) and advises blacks
to educate themselves. |
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TELEGRAPHY
Using an electromagnet wired to a switch, Joseph Henry is able
to send long-distance messages by making a series of clicks.
He transmits messages over the length of a mile, but never does
anything further, or even practical, with the device. |
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NEWSPAPERS
GROW IN AMERICA
There are three times as many newspapers in America than in
England or France. |
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LONG
DISTANCE, IT'S NOT
Telegraph lines in Germany spread a whopping two miles. |
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SHORTHAND
CREATED
In England, a book on shorthand is written. Shorthand, used
for over a century until more efficient means of taking dictation
(like tape recorders and computers) took over. Written by Isaac
Pitman, this scientific, phonetics-based system uses lines,
curves, and hooks along with contractions to represent frequently
used words. |
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WHY,
IT'S ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS!
Thanks to Louis Daguerre, you only have to stay frozen for 20
minutes if you're having your picture taken. |
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POST
OFFICES GROW
There are 3000 post offices in the United States alone. |
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SOUND
IS REPRODUCED
An Englishman named Wheatstone succeeds in reproducing sound. |
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PERSISTENCE
OF VISION
A phenomenon called 'persistence of vision' is first discovered
through the use of a toy called a Thaumatrope. Our eyes see
images for an instant after they are gone, and this discovery
was exploited to produce animations and optical illusions. |
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TESTING,
TESTING, 1..2..3
Wheatstone invents the microphone. |
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AMERICAN
TYPEWRITER PATENT
In the U.S.A., Burt receives the first patent for a typewriter. |
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MOVING
PICTURES
The Phenakistoscope, produced in Belgium, leads the way to the
motion picture. It consists of a spinning drum with slits at
regular intervals along the sides. Inside the drum is a strip
of paper with sequential images on it. When the drum is spun
and one looks through the slits, one sees the illusion of motion. |
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ELECTRIC
COMMUNICATION POSSIBLE OVER GREAT DISTANCES
The electric telegraph is patented in England by Charles Wheatstone,
a physicist, and William Cooke, an electrical engineer. |
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TELEGRAPH,
MORSE CODE
Samuel Morse demonstrates his version of the telegraph and receives
the U.S. patent. Morse code, a system of dots and dashes representing
letters, which was much more efficient than the old version
of assigning numbers to each letter, was used extensively until
mobile telecommunications made the telegraph obselete, was actually
invented by Morse's assistant, Alfred Lewis Vail. |
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3D
IMAGES
Wheatstone invents a stereoscopic viewer to show 3-D pictures.
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