Communication in the Industrial Revolution By: Michaela Byrne, Rebekah Ha, Yena Shin, and Yuval Timen

Famous People Alessandro Volta from Italy built the first battery. Andre Ampere of France worked out the principles governing the magnetic effect of an electric current. Samuel Morse of the United States put Volta and Ampere's ideas into actual use. Through those ideas, he invented the telegraph. http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=samuel+morse&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=K4YBeEAcajEB0M&tbnid=gjjbzMKLF-ONnM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.answers.com%2Ftopic%2Fsamuel-morse-large-image&ei=ckc2UZqOOYmm8QT264HIBQ&bvm=bv.43287494,d.eWU&psig=AFQjCNE0F-pofRLCup7Z44RJhzgP2mYBDw&ust=1362598129745975 Samuel Morse

New Methods of Communication Samuel Morse made a machine that clicked every time an electrical current went through a wire. This invention was called a telegraph and allowed people from different places to communicate. A system of dots and dashes went with this invention and could be translated into the letters of the alphabet. They could put these dots and dashes together to send messages to other people. They called this alphabet used to communicate with others the Morse code. People found a way to put cables under seas, and eventually, people could communicate all over the world on all of the continents by telegraphs. Photo source: http://dc.about.com/od/photosofmuseums/ig/NMAHPictures/morse_telegra ph_key.htm The telegraph /www.dc.about.com

How did it make the world smaller? Communication made the world smaller by allowing people from distant locations to communicate with each other in a shorter period of time, while it would have taken longer without the new communication methods. Ideas and innovation spread across Europe faster.

Prediction for Impact Communication was a big factor in helping the Industrial Revolution happen. New inventions helped make national and international communication easier, such as the Morse code and the telegraph. Communication helped the spread of ideas and innovations, which led to many scientific advancements. Without international communication, the Industrial Revolution may have never happened. This is a picture of one of the poles on which the Morse code telegraphs worked. They ran all across Europe, and they would carry series of clicks and beeps. 123rf.com

Why Is This Important? The telegraph connected people all over the world. Cables connected all continents of the world together. With communications, people from far distances were able to communicate for as long as they want and without these communication methods, people would either have to write letters or not be able to talk to their friends and families at all. The telegraph aided people to communicate to spread ideas and ideas of innovation (inventions), that helped lead to more scientific advancements.