{"product_id":"makers-of-the-telegraph-kenneth-b-lifshitz-9781476665597","title":"Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What emerges is a complex portrait of three ambitious and brilliant innovators and the age in which they lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth B. Lifshitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476665591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476665597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Kenneth B. Lifshitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567125491967,"sku":"9781476665597","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b11bd039-a29e-4fc0-9064-1dfb01fe0bf9.jpg?v=1701376165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/makers-of-the-telegraph-kenneth-b-lifshitz-9781476665597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}