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Was it suspected that electric signals traveled atthe speed of electricity was equal to the speed of light?

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Was it suspected that electric signals transmitted via telegraph were senttraveled at the speed of light?

Was it believed early on that signals sent via wire moved at exactly the speed of light or simply very fast? Who was the first to estimate the speed? (I am not even sure that signals are sent at the speed of light through wires, actually.)

EDIT: Given that they move at less than the speed of light in the vacuum, what I am wondering is, what earlier investigators thought the speed was and how they attempted to measure it. The experiments to measure speed of light using visible light would not have worked.

Was it suspected that signals transmitted via telegraph were sent at the speed of light?

Was it believed that signals sent via wire moved at exactly the speed of light or simply very fast? Who was the first to estimate the speed? (I am not even sure that signals are sent at the speed of light through wires, actually.)

EDIT: Given that they move at less than the speed of light in vacuum, what I am wondering is, what earlier investigators thought the speed was and how they attempted to measure it. The experiments to measure speed of light using visible light would not have worked.

Was it suspected that electric signals traveled at the speed of light?

Was it believed early on that signals sent via wire moved at exactly the speed of light or simply very fast? Who was the first to estimate the speed?

EDIT: Given that they move at less than the speed of light in the vacuum, what I am wondering is, what earlier investigators thought the speed was and how they attempted to measure it. The experiments to measure speed of light using visible light would not have worked.

asking what was the early estimate and experiments to determine speed.
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Was it believed that signals sent via wire moved at exactly the speed of light or simply very fast? Who was the first to estimate the speed? (I am not even sure that signals are sent at the speed of light through wires, actually.)

EDIT: Given that they move at less than the speed of light in vacuum, what I am wondering is, what earlier investigators thought the speed was and how they attempted to measure it. The experiments to measure speed of light using visible light would not have worked.

Was it believed that signals sent via wire moved at exactly the speed of light or simply very fast? Who was the first to estimate the speed? (I am not even sure that signals are sent at the speed of light through wires, actually.)

Was it believed that signals sent via wire moved at exactly the speed of light or simply very fast? Who was the first to estimate the speed? (I am not even sure that signals are sent at the speed of light through wires, actually.)

EDIT: Given that they move at less than the speed of light in vacuum, what I am wondering is, what earlier investigators thought the speed was and how they attempted to measure it. The experiments to measure speed of light using visible light would not have worked.

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