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"If you turn away from the natural gifts that God has given you, or the universe has given you, you're going to grow old too soon."
- Ray Bradbury
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| Hand Telegraph (Texting) | ||
| A means of sending and receiving text messages from a small instrument. |
This is the first reference to what we call "texting".
| The Federal Chamber was of magnificent dimensions. It accommodated with comfort the seven hundred and fifty members and one thousand persons besides. The Chamber was of circular shape. A line across the centre divided the portion devoted to the members from that occupied by the audience. The latter were seated tier on tier, but not crowded. The members had each a comfortable chair and a little desk in front, on which he could either write or by the hand telegraph communicate telegrams to his friends outside for retransmission if he desired it. He could receive messages also, and in neither case was the least noise made by the instrument. |
| Technovelgy from Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny,
by Sir Julius Vogel. Published by Hutchinson and Co. in 1889 Additional resources -
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Punch magazine posted this cartoon in 1906:
('Texting' in Punch in 1906)
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