{"id":10475,"date":"2024-09-13T07:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/?page_id=10475"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:31:01","slug":"how-to-make-a-simple-telegraph-set","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/science-center\/how-to-make-a-simple-telegraph-set\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Simple Telegraph Set"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10475\" class=\"elementor elementor-10475\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1218623 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1218623\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a1fff7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a1fff7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Make a Simple Telegraph Set<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6b1453 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e6b1453\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2f15a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c2f15a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66a1f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b66a1f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e51e109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e51e109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Samuel B. Morse\u2019s invention of the telegraph was a major step forward in rapid communication. The code used on the telegraph, a system of dots and dashes, was named after him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cdc47c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1cdc47c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca882f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca882f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ba694b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ba694b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Materials You Will Need:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a class=\"anchorhover\" href=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/science-center\/how-to-build-a-power-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Energizer\u00ae Power Pack\"><em>Energizer<\/em><sub>\u00ae<\/sub>\u00a0Power Pack<\/a><\/li><li>Electromagnet<\/li><li>Strip of 3\u2033 to 5\u2033 metal from can<\/li><li>3\u2033 x 1\u2033 x 1\u2033 block of wood<\/li><li>Number 22 insulated wire<\/li><li>Switch or alternate commercial knife blade switch<\/li><li>Piece of wood for base<\/li><li>4 nails<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ee079 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71ee079\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4db5561 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4db5561\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123cb65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"123cb65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Nail the wooden block to one end of the board. Drive the nail of the electromagnet into the board in front of the block (wood block should be slightly higher than the nail head). Use nails to secure the metal strip on top of the block and bend it if needed so that it is just above the electromagnet nail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fea222 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fea222\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d80cba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d80cba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Nail-the-wooden.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10495\" alt=\"Nail the wooden\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7807929 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7807929\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db9f363 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db9f363\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbf815 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0fbf815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Connect-one-end.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10502\" alt=\"Connect one end\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e3aa2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5e3aa2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6250e15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6250e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. Connect one end of the electromagnet wire to the switch and the other end to the negative of the Energizer Power Pack. Connect the positive of the Energizer Power Pack to the other end of the switch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d48a30 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d48a30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f75ab62 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f75ab62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eff59a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4eff59a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. With the switch open no electricity flows through the circuit and the metal strip is suspended above the nail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28dd5d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28dd5d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d423663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d423663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/With-the-switch.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10504\" alt=\"With the switch\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abd972b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abd972b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5cab63 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5cab63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33afd0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33afd0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/When-the-switch.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10505\" alt=\"When the switch\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05c55de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"05c55de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e2448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76e2448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. When the switch is closed electricity flows through the circuit and creates a magnetic field around the electromagnet. The magnetic field pulls the strip of metal to the nail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf93a8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf93a8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6230f1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6230f1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-497119c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"497119c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If needed adjust the distance between the metal strip and electromagnet nail head so that it clicks when the switch is opened and closed. You can then open and close the switch at different speeds to adjust the time between clicks. You now have a working telegraph.<\/p><p>When telegraphs were used to send messages across the country a sender would operate a switch at one end of a circuit. The circuit wires would run long distances to an indicator such as a buzzer at the other end. The message receiver would listen to the buzzer and use Morse code to convert the message.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-038fb8d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"038fb8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c127aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c127aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cdad15 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9cdad15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d980827 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d980827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/About-one-fourth.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10506\" alt=\"About one fourth\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c2455 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25c2455\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94e3c67 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94e3c67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d81679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d81679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>About one-fourth of a second and the dash is three times longer than the dot. You can go to the library or search on line for a Morse code table that you can use with your friends to send messages. You could also make a simple alternate switch out of another small strip of metal as shown below.<\/p><p>Pressing down on the metal strip closes the switch and completes the circuit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make a Simple Telegraph Set Samuel B. Morse\u2019s invention of the telegraph was a major step forward in rapid communication. The code used on the telegraph, a system of dots and dashes, was named after him. Materials You Will Need: Energizer\u00ae\u00a0Power Pack Electromagnet Strip of 3\u2033 to 5\u2033 metal from can 3\u2033 x [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":10325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10475","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10475\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}