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Timeline Of Communication Technology

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1. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






2. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






3. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






4. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line






5. Tsai Lun invents paper






6. Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone






7. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas






8. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






9. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






10. Tsai Lun invents paper






11. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line






12. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.






13. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston






14. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






15. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






16. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






17. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article






18. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN






19. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media






20. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).






21. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






22. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






23. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston






24. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






25. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






26. Hindu-Malayan empires write legal documents on copper plate scrolls - and write other documents on more perishable media






27. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






28. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






29. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






30. Internet2 organization created






31. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type






32. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun






33. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun






34. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






35. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






36. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN






37. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type






38. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






39. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'






40. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






41. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






42. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






43. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing






44. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






45. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article






46. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing






47. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.






48. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil invent frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technique






49. Neil Papworth sends the first SMS (or text message).






50. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection