Makers Of The Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell And Joseph Henry

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
• | Publisher: McFarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Jan 20, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1476665591
• | ISBN-13: 9781476665597