Ancient Greeks Invented World’s First Telecommunications Device

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Ancient Greeks Invented World’s First Telecommunications Device

Hydraulic telegraph, a fourth century BC invention of the ancient Greeks (reconstruction based on descriptions by Aeneas Tacticus and Polybius). Thessaloniki Technology Museum. Credit: Gts-tg/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 The hydraulic telegraph, invented by the ancient Greeks, had the capacity to send long-distance messages as early as the fourth century BC. The ingenious apparatus is dubbed as the world’s first telecommunications device. It was desig…