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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
I.
THE
ORIGIN
OF
THE
TELEGRAPH
II.
CHARLES
WHEATSTONE
III.
SAMUEL
MORSE
IV.
SIR
WILLIAM
THOMSON
V.
SIR
WILLIAM
SIEMENS
VI.
FLEEMING
JENKIN
VII.
JOHANN
PHILIPP
REIS
VIII.
GRAHAM
BELL
IX.
THOMAS
ALVA
EDISON
X.
DAVID
EDWIN
HUGHES
APPENDIX.
I.
CHARLES
FERDINAND
GAUSS
II.
WILLIAM
EDWARD
WEBER
III.
SIR
WILLIAM
FOTHERGILL
COOKE
IV.
ALEXANDER
BAIN
V.
DR.
WERNER
SIEMENS
VI.
LATIMER
CLARK
VII.
COUNT
DU
MONCEL
VIII.
ELISHA
GRAY
CHAPTER
I.
THE
ORIGIN
OF
THE
TELEGRAPH.
The
history
of
an
invention,
whether
of
science
or
art,
may
be
compared
to
the
growth
of
an
organism
such
as
a
tree.
The
wind,
or
the
random
visit
of
a
bee,
unites
the
pollen
in
the
flower,
the
green
fruit
forms
and
ripens
to
the
perfect
seed,
which,
on
being
planted
in
congenial
soil,
takes
root
and
flourishes.
Even
so
from
the
chance
combination
of
two
facts
in
the
human
mind,
a
crude
idea
springs,
and
after
maturing
into
a
feasible
plan
is
put
in
practice
under
favourable
conditions,
and
so
develops.
These
processes
are
both
subject
to
a
thousand
accidents
which
are
inimical
to
their
achievement.
Especially
is
this
the
case
when
their
object
is
to
produce
a
novel
species,
or
a
new
and
great
invention
like
the
telegraph.
It
is
then
a
question
of
raising,
not
one
seedling,
but
many,
and
modifying
these
in
the
lapse
of
time.
Similarly
the
telegraph
is
not
to
be
regarded
as
the
work
of
any
one
mind,
but
of
many,
and
during
a
long
course
of
years.
Because
at
length
the
final
seedling
is
obtained,
are
we
to
overlook
the
antecedent
varieties
from
which
it
was
produced,
and
without
which
it
could
not
have
existed?
Because
one
inventor
at
last
succeeds
in
putting
the
telegraph
in
operation,
are
we
to
neglect
his
predecessors,
whose
attempts
and
failures
were
the
steps
by
which
he
mounted
to
success?
All
who
have
extended
our
knowledge
of
electricity,
or
devised
a
telegraph,
and
familiarised
the
public
mind
with
the
advantages
of
it,
are
deserving
of
our
praise
and
gratitude,
as
well
as
he
who
has
entered
into
their
labours,
and
by
genius
and
perseverance
won
the
honours
of
being
the
first
to
introduce
it.
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