Makers of the Telegraph

Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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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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Utgivningsdatum2017-02-13
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt467 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor344
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476665597

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionSection I: Knickerbocker Tales1. The American Experiment2. SPAAM (The Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Arts and Manufactures)3. T. Romeyn Beck4. The Albany Academy 5. The Big Ditch6. A Tale of Two Cities7. Portrait Painter8. The Man Who Sneezed So SingularlySection II: Henry’s Influence on Morse9. The New, Old School10. The Vision at Palmyra 11. Ghost Story12. Wrap Artist13. The American Achievement14. Que Viva Mexico15. Endless Debate16. Quantity vs. Intensity17. The Barnaby Mooer Side-Hill Plow18. Catching Colt19. Out of the “Fog” of Invention20. The Plow in Maine21. Sins of the FatherSection III: The Madman and the Telegrapher 22. A Federal No-Show Job23. Cable Problems24. Big Confab at Little Relay25. The Trouble with Fisher …26. On the Third Floor of the Patent Office27. The Burden of Big Science28. Bartlett’s Contract29. Cross-Cut! 30. A Fight Over Pole Insulators31. Out of the Frying PanSection IV: Relay Race32. The Magnetic Telegraph Company33. A Red Herring34. The Mule Kicks Back35. The State Fair36. Raising Cash37. When the Going Gets Tough …38. … The Tough Go to Europe 39. Trompe l’œil 40. “The Telegraph for Dummies”41. O’Reilly42. Saxton Faxton’s Love-Hate Relationship 43. Organization Man 44. Crossing the Rubicon Section V: Prodigal45. Audubon’s Laundry46. Tit for Tat47. An Indispensable Plague48. The New York–Offing Line49. Rebirth of a NotionCoda: King Edward of KalamazooAfterwordAppendix A: Morse’s DepositionAppendix B: Questions Prepared for Professor Henry by Morse, 1839Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“The sections on Cornell are fascinating”—Carleton Mabee, Pulitzer Prize winning author and biographer of Samuel Morse; “This outstanding work, peppered with insightful details, is an extraordinary history based on fresh research about three colorful and controversial characters. An absorbing narrative to the very last page! Sure to be part of the library of every transportation and communication scholar.”—Michelle P. Figliomeni, President, Orange County Historical Society; “Lifshitz provides a delight-to-read examination of a pivotal event in the history of American technology. At many points he challenges accepted wisdom and offers new interpretations of the motivations of the actors and their actions”— Marc Rothenberg, former editor of the Joseph Henry Papers Project.