The Telegraph Was Useless as a Means of Communicating Between

question 27

Multiple Choice

The telegraph was useless as a means of communicating between ships at sea or between ships and the shore because

• A)Its signal was too weak to travel across bodies of water
• B)The telegraph signal was distorted by the electromagnetic spectrum
• C)Telegraph equipment was too cumbersome to be used aboard ship
• D)The telegraph required a wired cable connecting the sending and receiving stations

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