The telegraph enabled temporal coordination that made standard time zones possible
Evidence
The telegraph could send time faster than a railroad car could move; and therefore it facilitated the temporal coordination and integration of the entire system. Once that was possible — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 857
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 857
- XREF: connects to: The telegraph prefigured the computer’s control of time down to the microsecond — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 864; The establishment of Greenwich Mean Time unified global timekeeping practices. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1398; Greenwich Mean Time became the standard time reference for global shipping. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1398 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- The establishment of Greenwich Mean Time unified global timekeeping practices.
#corroborates(0.80) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1398 - Standard time in the United States is a recent invention from 1883
#exemplifies(0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 843 - Before standardization each US state maintained dozens of conflicting local time zones
#corroborates(0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 847 - The telegraph prefigured the computer’s control of time down to the microsecond
#expands(0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 864 - Greenwich Mean Time became the standard time reference for global shipping.
#corroborates(0.70) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1398 - Local sun-based time produced dozens of conflicting time zones per state
#corroborates(0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 847