Word: telegraph
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...being arranged to connect the Amherst with the National Astronomical Observatory at Washington by telegraph, and soon Amherst will have the "time" given every day, and observations taken by which the longitude of Amherst Observatory can be determined within ten feet. It is probable that Amherst will be the New England centre for observations on the transit of Mercury which occurs next year...
...PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE TELEGRAPH...
DEAR SIR, - Learning that your company is negotiating with the Freshmen for (financial) strength enough to draw its last breath, I have taken the liberty of addressing you concerning the introduction of the new wonder, - the Telephone. This invention once introduced at Harvard would immediately raise the Telegraph Company to a position never before reached, and also would cover the officers of that company with everlasting glory...
...telegraph company have so far reduced their rates, that the tariff to Boston for ten words is but fifteen cents...
...current. The pitch and quality of the voice and the sounds of the vowels are transmitted perfectly, and part of the consonants are so distinct as to be easily recognizable. The Professor brought out an invention last fall by which writing might be transmitted in fac-simile characters by telegraph, and his present inventions, if completed, promise to revolutionize the system of telegraphy...