Author: Alfred Henry Forrester
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Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Electric Telegraph of Fun
Author: Alfred Henry Forrester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph
Author: Lucy Margaret Rozier
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0385378432
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
The fastest man in the West meets his match in this deliciously clever original tall tale. With his extra-long legs, Jackrabbit McCabe can outrun anything on the American frontier: horses, trains, and even twisters. So of course, everyone in the town of Windy Flats always counts on his speed when a message has to get out fast. Then something new comes to town: the telegraph, which can send Morse code messages with the speed of electricity. At first, no one believes the newfangled contraption can deliver a message quicker than Jackrabbit. . . . But in a race between man and machine, who will be left in the dust? An author's note includes information about the invention of the telegraph, a Morse code key, and a riddle written in Morse code for kids to transcribe. "A strikingly accomplished debut.... A terrific tall tale about the costs and opportunities of technology." —Publishers Weekly, Starred "Good, quick-moving fun. Kids may marvel that communication existed before the telephone and Internet." —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0385378432
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
The fastest man in the West meets his match in this deliciously clever original tall tale. With his extra-long legs, Jackrabbit McCabe can outrun anything on the American frontier: horses, trains, and even twisters. So of course, everyone in the town of Windy Flats always counts on his speed when a message has to get out fast. Then something new comes to town: the telegraph, which can send Morse code messages with the speed of electricity. At first, no one believes the newfangled contraption can deliver a message quicker than Jackrabbit. . . . But in a race between man and machine, who will be left in the dust? An author's note includes information about the invention of the telegraph, a Morse code key, and a riddle written in Morse code for kids to transcribe. "A strikingly accomplished debut.... A terrific tall tale about the costs and opportunities of technology." —Publishers Weekly, Starred "Good, quick-moving fun. Kids may marvel that communication existed before the telephone and Internet." —Kirkus Reviews
Samuel Morse, That's Who!
Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250618398
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Writer Tracy Nelson Maurer and illustrator El Primo Ramón present a lively picture book biography of Samuel Morse that highlights how he revolutionized modern technology. Back in the 1800s, information traveled slowly. Who would dream of instant messages? Samuel Morse, that’s who! Who traveled to France, where the famous telegraph towers relayed 10,000 possible codes for messages depending on the signal arm positions—only if the weather was clear? Who imagined a system that would use electric pulses to instantly carry coded messages between two machines, rain or shine? Long before the first telephone, who changed communication forever? Samuel Morse, that’s who! This dynamic and substantive biography celebrates an early technology pioneer.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250618398
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Writer Tracy Nelson Maurer and illustrator El Primo Ramón present a lively picture book biography of Samuel Morse that highlights how he revolutionized modern technology. Back in the 1800s, information traveled slowly. Who would dream of instant messages? Samuel Morse, that’s who! Who traveled to France, where the famous telegraph towers relayed 10,000 possible codes for messages depending on the signal arm positions—only if the weather was clear? Who imagined a system that would use electric pulses to instantly carry coded messages between two machines, rain or shine? Long before the first telephone, who changed communication forever? Samuel Morse, that’s who! This dynamic and substantive biography celebrates an early technology pioneer.
Historical Sketch of the Electric Telegraph
Author: Alexander Jones
Publisher:
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Category : Telegraph
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telegraph
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Telegraph in America
Author: James D. Reid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Here is an often cited panoramic history of the telegraph which discusses the principal telegraph firms and the key persons within them. Throughout his work, Reid stresses the business and economic aspects of marketing this remarkable scientific invention. The importance of The Telegraph in America as a classic reference in the field is under-scored by the fact that the author was active in telegraphy throughout the period he discusses. He thus had a personal knowledge of persons and events under examination.
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Here is an often cited panoramic history of the telegraph which discusses the principal telegraph firms and the key persons within them. Throughout his work, Reid stresses the business and economic aspects of marketing this remarkable scientific invention. The importance of The Telegraph in America as a classic reference in the field is under-scored by the fact that the author was active in telegraphy throughout the period he discusses. He thus had a personal knowledge of persons and events under examination.
History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph
Author: George Bartlett Prescott
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Category : Telegraph
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telegraph
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Fun
The Electric Telegraph
Author: Edward Highton (C.E.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Electric Telegraph
Author: Robert Sabine
Publisher:
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Category : Telegraph
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Telegraph
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Sir Francis Ronalds
Author: Beverley Frances Ronalds
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783269174
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Introduction -- Founded on cheese -- Scenes in the story -- Frank and his family -- A life of science -- Electrical science and engineering 1810-19 -- Who invented the electric telegraph? -- The grand tour -- A sulphur business opportunity? -- Perspective tracing instruments -- Dr Alexander Blair and the Carnac megaliths -- Science exhibitions: a glimpse into Ronalds' mechanical inventions 1824-41 -- Kew Observatory 1842-55 and beyond -- Atmospheric electricity and meteorology: instruments and observations -- Photographic recording instruments for meteorology and geomagnetism -- Last years and legacy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783269174
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Introduction -- Founded on cheese -- Scenes in the story -- Frank and his family -- A life of science -- Electrical science and engineering 1810-19 -- Who invented the electric telegraph? -- The grand tour -- A sulphur business opportunity? -- Perspective tracing instruments -- Dr Alexander Blair and the Carnac megaliths -- Science exhibitions: a glimpse into Ronalds' mechanical inventions 1824-41 -- Kew Observatory 1842-55 and beyond -- Atmospheric electricity and meteorology: instruments and observations -- Photographic recording instruments for meteorology and geomagnetism -- Last years and legacy.