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| 1809 | Richard Trevithick brought first steam locomotive on iron wagon-way to London | ||||||||||||
| 1819 | the Galvonometer was invented to measure electric currents | ||||||||||||
| 1825 | the first passenger train runs from Stockton to Darlington | ||||||||||||
| 1833-1843 | money was raised to build first railway in UK | ||||||||||||
| 1836 | William Fothergill Cooke designs new and improved electric telegraph | ||||||||||||
| 1836 | Charles Wheatstone proves long wire can effectively replace short wire | ||||||||||||
| 1837 | Wheatstone and Cooke team up and patent invention | ||||||||||||
| 1837 | first experimental telegraph line connects Euston Square and Camden Town rail stations | ||||||||||||
| 1838 | Cooke and Wheatstone patent two-needle telegraph | ||||||||||||
| 1840 | telegram announces birth of the Queen of England's child | ||||||||||||
| 1844 | Democratic nominee for Presidential Convention declines by telegram |
