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The Morse telegraph launched the electronic telecommunications industry and reduced the travel time of information from days, weeks and months to seconds and minutes. It was one of the most important breakthrough inventions of all time. George F. Botjer''s examination of the creator of the telegraph is based on previously unpublished archival sources. It considers Samuel F. B. Morse, the creator of the first telegraph, and the ways in which place and time had an effect on the launch of his invention and his resulting fame, and how the invention affected the inventor himself.

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Preface Chapter 1: An American Artist: Fame and Misfortune Chapter 2: Starving Artist Invents Telegraph in Greenwich Village Garret Chapter 3: From Wilderness to Empire: Morse and the System Builders Chapter 4: The Question of Origins and Originality: Did More Really Invent the Telegraph? Chapter 5: The Great Man Revered and Reviled Chapter 6: Locust Grove Concluding Remarks

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/05/2019
      ISBN13: 9781498501422, 978-1498501422
      ISBN10: 1498501427

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Morse telegraph launched the electronic telecommunications industry and reduced the travel time of information from days, weeks and months to seconds and minutes. It was one of the most important breakthrough inventions of all time. George F. Botjer''s examination of the creator of the telegraph is based on previously unpublished archival sources. It considers Samuel F. B. Morse, the creator of the first telegraph, and the ways in which place and time had an effect on the launch of his invention and his resulting fame, and how the invention affected the inventor himself.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Chapter 1: An American Artist: Fame and Misfortune Chapter 2: Starving Artist Invents Telegraph in Greenwich Village Garret Chapter 3: From Wilderness to Empire: Morse and the System Builders Chapter 4: The Question of Origins and Originality: Did More Really Invent the Telegraph? Chapter 5: The Great Man Revered and Reviled Chapter 6: Locust Grove Concluding Remarks

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