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

Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781476665597)

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

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

$39.95
Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry by Lifshitz, Kenneth B.

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

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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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.



Author: Kenneth B. Lifshitz
ISBN-10: 1476665591
ISBN-13: 9781476665597
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/20/2017
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
By Kenneth B. Lifshitz
By Kenneth B. Lifshitz
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Kenneth B. Lifshitz has lectured widely on such topics as the great chain across the Hudson and The Franklin Marble. Also a bass player, he has performed with local and regional symphony orchestras. He lives in the Catskill region of New York.

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