The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, was enacted during British rule to regulate telegraphy, then the cutting-edge technology of the time ...

In 1882, Oskar von Miller and Marcel Deprez, early pioneers of direct current (DC) in Germany, transmitted 1.25 Amps of current using an iron telegraph wire 35 miles between Miesbach and Munich.

A century-old solar storm once set telegraph wires on fire—imagine that happening to the internet today. From satellites to power grids, everything is at risk. And the next one might be closer ...

Telegraphy, which conferred the ability to send messages at great speed across vast distances,""had the potential to transform diplomacy,"" writes Nickles, and, as a historian at the Department of ...