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Samuel F. B. Morse and the Dawn of the Age of Electricity

George F. Botjer

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 George F. Botjer's examination of the creator of the telegraph is based on previously unpublished archival sources.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.

Lexington Books

Pages: 148 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-4985-0140-8 • Hardback • May 2015 • $109.00 • (£84.00)

978-1-4985-0142-2 • Paperback • August 2019 • $46.99 • (£36.00)

978-1-4985-0141-5 • eBook • May 2015 • $44.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: History / United States / 19th Century, History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Technology & Engineering / History, Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications

Samuel F. B. Morse and the Dawn of the Age of Electricity

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Hardback

Paperback

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Summary

Summary

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 George F. Botjer's examination of the creator of the telegraph is based on previously unpublished archival sources.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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Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 148 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼

978-1-4985-0140-8 • Hardback • May 2015 • $109.00 • (£84.00)

978-1-4985-0142-2 • Paperback • August 2019 • $46.99 • (£36.00)

978-1-4985-0141-5 • eBook • May 2015 • $44.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: History / United States / 19th Century, History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Technology & Engineering / History, Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications

Author

Author

George F. Botjer is emeritus professor of history at the University of Tampa.

Table of Contents

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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