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Heroes of the Telegraph
·
John Munro
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In
1854,
Professor
Hughes
went
to
Louisville
to
superintend
the
making
of
his
first
instrument;
but
it
was
unprotected
by
a
patent
in
the
United
States
until
1855.
In
that
form
straight
vibrators
were
used
as
governors,
and
a
separate
train
of
wheel-work
was
employed
in
correcting:
but
in
later
forms
the
spiral
governor
was
adopted,
and
the
printing
and
correcting
is
now
done
by
the
same
action.
In
1855,
the
invention
may
be
said
to
have
become
fit
for
employment,
and
no
sooner
was
this
the
case,
than
Professor
Hughes
received
a
telegram
from
the
editors
of
the
New
York
Associated
Press,
summoning
him
to
that
city.
The
American
Telegraph
Company,
then
a
leading
one,
was
in
possession
of
the
Morse
instrument,
and
levied
rates
for
transmission
of
news
which
the
editors
found
oppressive.
They
took
up
the
Hughes'
instrument
in
opposition
to
the
Morse,
and
introduced
it
on
the
lines
of
several
companies.
After
a
time,
however,
the
separate
companies
amalgamated
into
one
large
corporation,
the
Western
Union
Telegraph
Company
of
to-day.
With
the
Morse,
Hughes,
and
other
apparatus
in
its
power,
the
editors
were
again
left
in
the
lurch.
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