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telegraph. Simple telegraphic devices have been known since ancient times, but the first to be called a telegraph was the one invented by Claude Chappe in 1792. The inventor wanted to call his device the tachygraphe, but was advised that this name was inappropriate and should be telegraphe, from the Greek words for “afar” and “to write”—“to write from afar.” See what god hath wrought. |