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Makers of the telegraph : Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry / Kenneth B. Lifshitz.

Title: Makers of the telegraph : Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry / Kenneth B. Lifshitz.
Author: Lifshitz, Kenneth B., 1951-
Publication: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

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Description

xi, 331 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"The single-wire telegraph revolutionized long distance communication but it was not the brainchild of one inventor, Samuel Morse. Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry made crucial contributions. This book presents Morse as primarily a businessman and consolidator of ideas who, in conflict with his associates, sought to present the telegraph as a uniform system under his sole imprimatur"--

Subject

Genre/Form

History
Biographies

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-324) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Knickerbocker tales -- Henry's influence on Morse -- The madman and the telegrapher -- Relay race -- Prodigal son.

ISBN

9781476665597
1476665591

LCCN

^^2016053230

OCLC

951509745
SCSB-12655473

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Harvard Library