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Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry

Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry

Lifshitz, Kenneth B.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralTechnology & Engineering19th Century United States History

ISBN10: 1476665591
ISBN13: 9781476665597
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jan 20 2017
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The single-wire telegraph revolutionized long distance communication but it was not the brainchild of one inventor, Samuel Morse. His colleagues and employees--specifically Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry--made crucial contributions.

Examining the careers of the three men and the key events, this book presents Morse as primarily a businessman and consolidator of ideas who, frequently in conflict with his associates, sought to present the telegraph as a uniform system under his sole imprimatur. The battle between Morse and Cornell over the invention of the magnetic relay was central to the drama.

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