First electromagnetic telegraph in the world, Göttingen, Germany
N 51° 31.718 E 009° 56.561
32U E 565392 N 5709035
The famous physicists Gauß and Weber build the first functionating telegraph line in the world.
Waymark Code: WMQBTH
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 01/31/2016
Views: 9
In 1833 invented and installed the Göttingen physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber the first electromagnetic telegraph in the world.
Well to the end of March / mid April 1833 spannes Wilhelm Weber with greater efforts a double wire of about 1.1 km in length on a string from his job, the Physical Cabinet, a bell tower of St. John's Church and the Accouchierhaus to the work site by Gauss in the new observatory.
Initial tests of character transmission took place against Easter 1833rd
In August 1833 Gauss told a colleague in a letter: "Our large galvanic chain (6000-7000 foot wire) has long been undisturbed composed and often we have signaled today telegraphed with great success very small phrases."
The line got stuck for several years, has been variously renewed and out from an unspecified time via the Magnetic Observatory, to a lightning strike on 12.16.1845 caused an end of the experiments.
Weber was at this time for several years no longer in the city and Gauss's interest was directed to other priorities.
The contents of the first ever telegraphed message to the world is not known. According to legend, it was simple: "Michel man kömmt" which Weber Gauss had announced that the guards in the Physical Cabinet Michel man was on his way to the observatory. The Message transmission had taken so long that Michel man had arrived in person to Gauss before her. Although some evidence against this version, Weber has it ever objected. "knowledge prior to my / reality above appearance" have been: The science keeps it today for evidence that the transmission of the first Telegrafiebotschaft lasted four and a half minutes, and believed that their contents used a serious text in style elsewhere Gauss ,
The path of the first electromagnetic telegraph was visually aroused in February 2006 with the established of Measurement Valley Laser installation, the Gauss-Weber laser to life. In November 2007, a laser has been permanently installed on the roof of Volksbank.
Translation from: (
visit link)
Visit Instructions:As a suggestion for your visit log, please make every effort to supply a brief-to-detailed note about your experience at the Waymark. If possible also include an image that was taken when you visited the Waymark. Images can be of yourself, a personal Waymarking signature item or just one of general interest that would be of value to others. Sharing your experience helps promote Waymarking and provides a dynamic history of your adventures.