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The Telegraph and Beyond
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	1. What would be considered a non-literal communication system? A Series of Vases Representing the Alphabet Semaphone Communication Methods Using Flags to Transmit Letters of the Alphabet Smoke and Fire Signals
	2. What are esentially the two types of telegraphy? Pre-electric and Electric Electric and Computer Morse and Radio Alphabet and Numeric
	3. What does pre-electric telegraphy require? Smoke and Fire Signals Alphabetic Signaling Ability to Transmit Feelings Gestures or Body Signals
	4. When was the 5 needle telegraph invented? 1837 1850 1822 1811
	5. Who invented optical instruments and semaphores? Samuel Morse James Clerk Maxwell Claude Chappe and George Murray Alaxender Popoff
	6. What modern version of telegraphy emerged in the early 19th century? Semaphores Optical Semaphores The Electric Telegraph
	7. Morse and Alfred Vail invented what? Radiotelegraph Five Needle Telegraph Operator Key Panel with Numbers and Letters
	8. Approximately how many channels can be carried in a single system wire circuit? 1,800 50 100 500
	9. Which has the highest theoretical bandwidth? Lasers Microwave Radio AM Radio FM Radio
	10. When was the sounding key invented? 1890 1856 1902 1910

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