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.
What emerges is a complex portrait of three ambitious and brilliant innovators and the age in which they lived.
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.
What emerges is a complex portrait of three ambitious and brilliant innovators and the age in which they lived.
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Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry
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Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry
344Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781476665597 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
Publication date: | 02/13/2017 |
Pages: | 344 |
Sales rank: | 787,935 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |