But I loved her first, I held her first And a place in my heart will always be hers. From the first breath she breathed When she first smiled at me. I knew the love of a father runs deep. And I prayed that she'd find you someday But it still hard to give her away I loved her first.
The telegraph, which had started in 1837, was replaced in most applications in developed countries by digital data-transmission systems based on computer technology. Clare D. McGillem Learn More in these related articles:
Preelectric telegraph systems. 1  The word telegraph is derived from the Greek words tele, meaning âdistant,â and graphein, meaning âto write.â It came into use toward the end of the 18th century to describe an optical semaphore system developed in France.