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In ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty, oracle bones were used as a form of divination. Inscriptions were carved on pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron and are the oldes…
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A form of rock art found in caves typically of prehistoric origin and are representative of a means to convey information. The France Ministry of Culture (Ministere de la Culture) and the N…
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse, an accomplished painter and inventor, was convinced of the possibility of transmitting words using electricity and wires. In 1840 he patented "Improvement in the Mode o…
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Sometime around 2,800 years ago, the Phoenicians made a major invention—the vowel! That is, they realized that instead of each symbol representing a syllable (ba, be, bi, bo, bu, ca, ce, ci, co, cu,…
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Richard W. Hamming, Morristown, and Bernard D. Holbrook, Madison, N.J., assignors to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Application January 11, 19…
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Hieroglyphics are an original form of writing out of which all other forms have evolved. Museo Egizio, Papyrus Collection, Turin Papyrus Online Database, Book of the Dead, A 14-meter-long papyr…
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An optical telegraph with a line of stations, typically towers, that was used to convey textual information by means of visual signals. It was comprised of pole on top of a tower, and a pivoting cross…
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Information Theory Unit Cuneiform was one of the first writing systems, developed 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia to record information on clay tablets. By asking students to record current …
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This hands-on activity shows how to make a hand drum that creates percussion sounds. Materials Mini Glue Gun and Glue Stick Hole Punch Drawing Compass Thread or Yarn (Waxed thread wor…
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Radio Inquiry Unit While serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, Armstrong synthesized three ideas to create his superheterodyne circuit for selectively amplifying a very high fr…
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