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X-WR-CALDESC:27 July 1866: The first use of transatlantic telegraphic cable
  generated an upsurge in commercial cryptography. Initially messages on th
 e 1858 cable were sent by an operator in Morse code. However\, the 1866 ca
 ble could transmit at eight words a minute–80 times faster than the 1858 c
 able.\n\nThe 'Great Eastern' was the name of the cable-laying ship that la
 id the successful cable in 1866. Historians have said the endeavor was the
  Victorian equivalent of the Apollo space program.\n\nThe first message wa
 s received in Newfoundland almost immediately but there was still a gap in
  the link to the mainland of North America and messages from London to New
  York still took 24 hours because of this gap. However\, this did not conc
 ern people at the time who were amazed at the rapid news that was now poss
 ible.
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DESCRIPTION:27 July 1866: The first use of transatlantic telegraphic cable 
 generated an upsurge in commercial cryptography. Initially messages on the
  1858 cable were sent by an operator in Morse code. However\, the 1866 cab
 le could transmit at eight words a minute–80 times faster than the 1858 ca
 ble.\n\nThe 'Great Eastern' was the name of the cable-laying ship that lai
 d the successful cable in 1866. Historians have said the endeavor was the 
 Victorian equivalent of the Apollo space program.\n\nThe first message was
  received in Newfoundland almost immediately but there was still a gap in 
 the link to the mainland of North America and messages from London to New 
 York still took 24 hours because of this gap. However\, this did not conce
 rn people at the time who were amazed at the rapid news that was now possi
 ble.
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SUMMARY:1866: First use of transatlantic telegraph cable.
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