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Video traces history of 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 walks viewers through the technological precursors, from Jean-Antoine Nollet's 1746 electric shock experiment and Claude Chappe's semaphore towers to Volta's battery, showing how early electrical discoveries eventually made instant intercontinental communication possible.

Why now: The anniversary of the cable's laying is prompting renewed interest in the origins of global communication.

Primordial Spacetransatlantic telegraph cableJean-Antoine NolletClaude ChappeAlessandro Volta

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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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