Advancement of the Telephone
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Advancement of the Telephone
De'Von Key
dkey@my.devry.edu
Advancement of the Telephone
Introduction
From the time people used sign languages, beating of drums and carrier pigeons, to the latest mobile technology advancement, telephone technology has come to age. The growth and transition of the technological advancement is so aptly pronounced by the following quote of John Brooks (Murphy, 2009):
Lifeline of the lonely and lifeblood of the busy, [it] is taken for
granted, and for good reason...By bringing about a quantum
leap in the speed and ease with which information moves from
place to place, it has greatly accelerated the rate of scientific
and technological change and growth in industry...it impartially disseminates the useful knowledge of
scientists and the babble of bores, the affection of the affectionate and the malice of the malicious...[it] is our nerve end to
society.
Brooks might have wrote this, describing in awe, the stupendous invention – which today may be viewed as a quaint relic of the analog age– which was set to revolutionize science, society, business and technology. He may not even have dreamt in his wildest dreams that it was so stunning that many achievements, including radio, motion pictures, television, cellular technology, and computer would grow from it. The telephone remade the world in an entirely new image, and our world today would be unrecognizable to us had the telephone not been invented (Murphy, 2009). It is this advancement of the growth of telephone that would be discussed in following paragraphs.
Events that Led to the Advancement
The start of all this technological advancement maybe credited to the telegraph. And even the telegraph, took almost a century to be made into what we know of it today. From the Visual Telegraph of the Chappe brothers in France developed between the 1780-1820s, to the first Telegraph machine by patented in 1837 by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone which was later...
De'Von Key
dkey@my.devry.edu
Advancement of the Telephone
Introduction
From the time people used sign languages, beating of drums and carrier pigeons, to the latest mobile technology advancement, telephone technology has come to age. The growth and transition of the technological advancement is so aptly pronounced by the following quote of John Brooks (Murphy, 2009):
Lifeline of the lonely and lifeblood of the busy, [it] is taken for
granted, and for good reason...By bringing about a quantum
leap in the speed and ease with which information moves from
place to place, it has greatly accelerated the rate of scientific
and technological change and growth in industry...it impartially disseminates the useful knowledge of
scientists and the babble of bores, the affection of the affectionate and the malice of the malicious...[it] is our nerve end to
society.
Brooks might have wrote this, describing in awe, the stupendous invention – which today may be viewed as a quaint relic of the analog age– which was set to revolutionize science, society, business and technology. He may not even have dreamt in his wildest dreams that it was so stunning that many achievements, including radio, motion pictures, television, cellular technology, and computer would grow from it. The telephone remade the world in an entirely new image, and our world today would be unrecognizable to us had the telephone not been invented (Murphy, 2009). It is this advancement of the growth of telephone that would be discussed in following paragraphs.
Events that Led to the Advancement
The start of all this technological advancement maybe credited to the telegraph. And even the telegraph, took almost a century to be made into what we know of it today. From the Visual Telegraph of the Chappe brothers in France developed between the 1780-1820s, to the first Telegraph machine by patented in 1837 by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone which was later...