telegraphic message
Example Sentences
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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
His carriage was quickly ordered, but before he set out he despatched a short telegraphic message to Hankes.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
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 O'Shea, John Augustus
To transmit a telephone message requires less than a hundred-millionth part of the current required for a telegraphic message.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
The news would flash from tribe to tribe, from kraal to kraal, quicker than a telegraphic message.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
