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Early History Data Networks

Early History Data Networks

Holzmann
Pehrson B

Paperback

Series: Perspectives, Book 7

Technology & Engineering

ISBN10: 0818667826
ISBN13: 9780818667824
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Nov 30 1994
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
Most of us would consider the emergence of large-scale communication networks to be a 20th century phenomenon. Yet, the first nationwide data networks were built not in this century but almost 200 years ago. Well before the electromagnetic telegraph was invented, many countries in Europe had fully operational data communications systems, with altogether close to 1,000 network stations.

This book gives a fascinating glimpse of the many documented attempts throughout history to develop effective means for long-distance communications. The oldest attempts date back to millennia before Christ, and include ingenious uses of homing pigeons, mirrors, flags, torches, and beacons.

The book then shows how Claude Chappe, a French clergyman, started the information revolution in 1794 with the design and construction of the first true telegraph network in France. Another chapter contains the first complete English translation of a remarkable document on the design of optical telegraphs networks, originally written in 1796 by the Swedish nobleman Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz.

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