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Construction of the Telegraph Line
- When
- 1833
- Where
- Göttingen
Gauss and Weber installed a 1,200-meter wire in 1833 to connect the observatory and physics institute in Göttingen.
The physical infrastructure consisted of a wire strung above the town's roofs. This specific installation linked the observatory to the institute for physics, creating a functional communication link between the two scientific institutions in Göttingen.
Sources
- Electrical telegraph Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
- Wilhelm Eduard Weber Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
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