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New video traces the first transatlantic telegraph cable

Original: ⚡ NEW: A # video from Primordial Space traces how the first transatlantic # telegraph cable, laid 168 years ago, connect

Primordial Space has released a video tracing the history of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, laid 168 years ago to connect North America and Europe. The account charts the long road to that feat, from Jean-Antoine Nollet's 1746 electric shock experiment and Claude Chappe's semaphore towers through Volta's battery. It is being shared among science history enthusiasts online.

Why now: The video's release offers a fresh retelling of a landmark engineering milestone, drawing interest from science and history communities.

Primordial Spacetransatlantic telegraph cableAlessandro VoltaClaude ChappeJean-Antoine Nollet

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• ⚡ NEW: A # video from Primordial Space traces how the first transatlantic # telegraph cable, laid 168 years ago, connected # NorthAmerica and # Europe . It follows the path from Nollet’s 1746 electric shock # experiment and Chappe’s semaphore towers through Volta’s battery,… · tksst@fediscience.org · 5

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