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Title: Masters of Space

Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty
Author: Walter Kellogg Towers
Release Date: May 18, 2004 [EBook #12375]
Language: English
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[Illustration: SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE
Inventor of the Telegraph]
MASTERS OF SPACE

MORSE
_and the Telegraph_
THOMPSON
_and the Cable_
BELL
_and the Telephone_
MARCONI
_and the Wireless Telegraph_
CARTY
_and the Wireless Telephone_

BY WALTER KELLOGG TOWERS
ILLUSTRATED
1917

TO

MY CO-LABORER AND COMPANION
BERENICE LAURA TOWERS
WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
WERE CONSTANT IN THE GATHERING
AND PREPARATION OF MATERIAL
FOR THIS VOLUME.

CONTENTS
CHAP.
PREFACE
I.
COMMUNICATION AMONG THE ANCIENTS
II.
SIGNALS PAST AND PRESENT
III.
FORERUNNERS OF THE TELEGRAPH
IV.
INVENTIONS OF SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE
V.
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MORSE
VI.
"WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT?"
VII.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM
VIII. TELEGRAPHING BENEATH THE SEA
IX.

THE PIONEER ATLANTIC CABLE
X.
A SUCCESSFUL CABLE ATTAINED
XI.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, THE YOUTH
XII.

THE BIRTH OF THE TELEPHONE
XIII. THE TELEPHONE AT THE CENTENNIAL
XIV.

IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION
XV.
TELEGRAPHING WITHOUT WIRES
XVI.

AN ITALIAN BOY'S WORK
XVII. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ESTABLISHED
XVIII. THE WIRELESS SERVES THE WORLD

XIX.
SPEAKING ACROSS THE CONTINENT
XX.

TELEPHONING THROUGH SPACE
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE
MORSE'S FIRST TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT
CYRUS W. FIELD
WILLIAM THOMSON (LORD KELVIN)
THE "GREAT EASTERN" LAYING THE ATLANTIC CABLE, 1866
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
THOMAS A. WATSON
PROFESSOR BELL'S VIBRATING REED
PROFESSOR BELL'S FIRST TELEPHONE
THE FIRST TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD USED IN NEW HAVEN, CONN., FOR EIGHT

SUBSCRIBERS
EARLY NEW YORK EXCHANGE
PROFESSOR BELL IN SALEM, MASS., AND MR. WATSON IN BOSTON,

DEMONSTRATING THE TELEPHONE BEFORE AUDIENCES IN 1877
DOCTOR BELL AT THE TELEPHONE OPENING THE NEW YORK-CHICAGO LINE,

OCTOBER 18, 1892
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
A REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OUTSIDE OF THE CLIFDEN STATION WHILE

MESSAGES WERE BEING SENT ACROSS TO CAPE RACE
MARCONI STATION AT CLIFDEN, IRELAND
PREFACE
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