telegraphy

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Telegraphy was nearly instantaneous, but it required skilled operators at each end of the line to encode and decode the message, effectively slowing transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The Daily Telegraphy reported he was given $150 million to sign.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

Telegraphy taps out the news that the author of “War and Peace” is dying, and reporters descend on the town.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2018

However, the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 forbids the "use of any apparatus, whether or not wireless telegraphy apparatus, for the purpose of interfering with any wireless telegraphy" anywhere within the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2011

"Note on a Magnetic Detector for Electric Waves which can be employed as a Receiver for Space Telegraphy," by G. Marconi.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose