Re:Email in the 18th century: the optical telegraph
by dredmorbius on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:58PM
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Discussed at the time (of the invention):
"Telegraph, Perfection of the, in Franch" <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopaedia_Perthensi...> (1816)
"M. Chappe Laine's History of the Telegraph" <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Articles_and_correspond...> (1826)
Email in the 18th century - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=92296 - Dec 2007 (4 comments)