2007-09-30 12:17:31 · 8 answers · asked by flannelpajamas1 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Samuel F.B. Morse sent the words "What hath God Wrought?"
May 24, 1844 The official opening of the telegraph line between Washington DC and Baltimore MD.
2007-09-30 12:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by william_byrnes2000 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Samuel B, Morse quoted from the Bible:
"What hath God wrought."
"What Hath God Wrought!
"Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
-- Numbers 23: 23 (KJV)
The line "What hath God wrought!" is remembered today thanks as much to Samuel Morse as to Balaam. Having just invented the telegraph, Morse was searching for an appropriate first message when the daughter of a U.S. patent official suggested the biblical phrase. He sent it on May 24, 1844, humbling his own role while aggrandizing the invention. I don't know if other inventors have lifted the phrase, but we more often quote it now with fear or horror than reverence. Perhaps we're just cynical about what technology has wrought."
Dear willow oak,
Bell's words were actually:
"Sitting in one room, he spoke into the phone to his assistant in another room, saying the now famous words: "Mr. Watson, come here. I need you." The telephone patent is one of the most valuable patents ever issued."
Regards,
John
2007-09-30 19:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "wrought" ones are right.
The "Mr Watts, I need you" were the first words in a telePHONE, not a teleGRAPH.
2007-09-30 20:14:17 · answer #3 · answered by willow oak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What hath God wrought?
sent may 24 1844
see the original here:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/n_telegraph_message.htm
2007-09-30 19:30:44 · answer #4 · answered by jwintim 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It said "hello I'm a Telegraph"
Seriously it was "Mr Watts I need You"
2007-09-30 19:23:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The British are coming ! No really I don't know.
2007-09-30 19:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ginny S 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mr Watts, can you hear me?
2007-09-30 19:20:53 · answer #7 · answered by AUTHORINFL 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The second message was: "All our operators are busy, please stay on the line."
2007-09-30 21:13:16 · answer #8 · answered by rohak1212 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋