Inventions in Communication:

Timeline

1440 – Johannes
Gutenberg invented the
Printing press which
changed the world.

1824.- Braille, the reading

and writing system used by
blind people was invented
by Louis Braille.

1831- Joseph Henry was

the inventor of the electric
telegraph.
1838 – Samuel Morse
developed a code (Morse
Code) for transmitting
messages on the telegraph
machine.

1872.- The electric typewriter

was developed by Thomas Alva
Edison.

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell

invented the telephone.

1896.-Guglielmo Marconi was he

first man who sent radio signals.

1960´s- Internet started to be developed,

although it cannot be associated with only
one inventor.
1.- Place the previously mentioned events
into order in the following timeline.

1440__________________________

1824__________________________

1831__________________________

1838__________________________

1872 _________________________

1876__________________________

1896__________________________

1960´s________________________
2.- Answer the following questions related
to the PowerPoint and texts you have read.

- When was the invention of the Printing

Press?
______________________________________

- Alexander Graham Bell was the

inventor of the __________________ in
__________.

- Which invention was developed by

many people in the 1960´s?

______________________________________

- Which inventor was blind? What did he

invent?

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