But I loved her first, I held her first And a place in my heart will always be hers. From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me. I knew the love of a father runs deep. And I prayed that she'd find you someday But it still hard to give her away I loved her first.
The telegraph, which had started in 1837, was replaced in most applications in developed countries by digital data-transmission systems based on computer technology. Clare D. McGillem Learn More in these related articles:
By the time that Morse received the message and returned home, his wife had already been buried. His new passion became creating a way to send messages over long distances fast. The first telegraph was invented in 1809 in Bavaria by a man named Soemmering. His device was crude and required decoding a message by means of electrolysis. In 1828, Harrison Dyar created a telegraph that would burn holes in special paper by means of an electric arc. Through the 1830s, a few Americans tried their hand at utilizing the newly invented electromagnet (1825, William Sturgeon) to send signals to ring bells or scratch paper.