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Telegraphy was discovered First and then Telephony was discovered much later by Alexander Graham Bell.

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What came before the telephone?

The telegraph


What came after the telegraph?

Welll.... the telegraph replaced the pony express then the telephone replaced the telegraph. and now a days texting has replaced the telephone.


What was the first electric telegraph?

One of the first was a remote switch called a relay in 1835 by Joseph Henry. It was part of a telegraph and later used in the telephone.


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Innocenzo Manzetti was the first man to idealized the first ever speaking telegraph.


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The telegraph.


When was the American Telephone and Telegraph Company created?

The American Telephone and Telegraph Company was created in 1885


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Trains came much before the telegraphs


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the telegraph went through many stages before becoming known as the telephone.


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The symbol for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in the NYSE is: NTT.


When were the telephones created?

1844 - Innocenzo Manzetti first mooted the idea of a "speaking telegraph" (telephone). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone


What happened to the telegraph?

Inventors throughout history evolved the telegraph into the telephone.


What do the telegraph and telephone have in common?

Both use electricity and radio waves to communicate.