Communication and Technology : Through the Years By: Echo Johnson
Mechanical Semaphore is invented in France. 1792 Mechanical Semaphore is invented in France. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mechanical_semaphores
Charles Babbage invents the first mechanical computer. 1822 Charles Babbage invents the first mechanical computer. http://trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen//history/timeline-MECH.html
William Austin Burt patents the typographer. 1829 William Austin Burt patents the typographer. http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/articles/what-is-typography.htm
First practical telegraph invented by Samuel F.B. Morse. 1837 First practical telegraph invented by Samuel F.B. Morse. http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm
English Channel telegraph cable was first being laid. 1850 English Channel telegraph cable was first being laid. http://www.cntr.salford.ac.uk/comms/transatlanticstory.php Real Picture!
Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines. 1924 Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines. http://www.frontline.org.za/articles/MarvelsOfCreationAndScience.htm
The first E-Mail messages are sent. 1972 The first E-Mail messages are sent. http://www.internet-guide.co.uk/email.html
Tim Berners-Lee invents the world wide web! 1990 Tim Berners-Lee invents the world wide web! http://www.mit.edu/~rei/wwwintro.html
The electric voice machine was patented by Thomas Edison. 1868 The electric voice machine was patented by Thomas Edison. http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/edison/000_story_02.asp
Telephone invented and demonstrated by Alexander Graham Bell. 1876 Telephone invented and demonstrated by Alexander Graham Bell. http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm