telegraphic message
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“What hath God wrought?” was the first telegraphic message sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, dispatched from D.C. to an assistant in Baltimore in 1844, according to the Library of Congress.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
A telegraphic message travels with the speed of light, for the speed of electricity and the speed of light are the same.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
A few days after this episode I received a telegraphic message necessitating my immediate return to Germany.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
Bulletin.—A brief telegraphic message giving the barest results of an event, often an accident, unaccompanied by details.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
While enjoying myself at a ball at the Norwegian Minister's, I received a telegraphic message, ordering me at once to the Austrian capital.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea
