George F. Botjer

Samuel F. B. Morse and the Dawn of the Age of Electricity (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 George F. Botjer's examination of the creator of the telegraph is based on previously unpublished archival sources.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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216301882
• Artikelnr.: 74845370

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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