A Story of the Telegraph

About this eBook

Author

Murray, John, 1843-1935

Credits

E-text prepared by WebRover, Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering

Subject

Telegraph, Wireless -- Canada -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50864

Release Date

January 7, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A Story of the Telegraph
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.A Story of The Telegraph — Telegraph History — Telegraph Electric — Sir William Fothergill Cooke , 1806–1879. — Sir Charles Wheatstone, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D. 1802–1875
7. 7.The Telegraph in America — “THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.” — THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ITS ORIGIN. — THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY. — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OF AMERICA. ( London Daily Express. ) — NETWORK OF WIRES. — SOME QUICK WORK. — NO SALES IN ENGLAND. — A MANAGERIAL GENIUS. — PROF. S. F. B. MORSE.
8. 8.The Telegraph in Canada — The Origin of the Montreal Telegraph Company — The Great North-Western Telegraph Company — Canadian Pacific Railway Telegraph — The Government Telegraphs. — Remarks. — The Fall of Sebastopol. — How a Duel was Prevented. — Reading by Sound. — A Cheeky Operator. — All Fools’ Day Incident. — An Angry Frenchman. — Pirating a Press Despatch. — The Queen’s Message. — Testing the Cable. — Cutting Down the Liberty Pole. — The Burns Centenary. — The Prince of Wales at Brockville. — The Trent Affair. — The Old Soldier and the Parson. — The Fenian Scare. — Professor Morse’s Valedictory Message. — O. S. Wood, Esq. — Sir Hugh Allan. — James Dakers, Esq. — H. P. Dwight, Esq. — William Cassils, Esq. — James Poustie, Esq. — Charles R. Hosmer, Esq. — Hon. George Albertus Cox. — Sir William Cornelius Van Horne. — Andrew Carnegie. — Sir Sandford Fleming, C.E., LL.D. — Frederick N. Gisborne — Thomas A. Edison. — Isaac D. Purkis, Esq.
9. 9.Submarine Telegraphy. — Cable Instruments. — Cyrus W. Field. — Michael Farady. — Lord Kelvin. — John Watkins Brett.
10. 10.Signor Guiglielmo Marconi. — Genesis of Wireless Telegraphy. — Historical. — Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus. — Thomas A. Edison’s Opinion of Wireless Telegraphy. — A Cable Manager’s Views of Wireless Telegraphy. — An Interview with Signor Marconi. — The Trip of the SS. “Minneapolis.” — Valuable Use of Marconi System made by Disabled Steamer. — Another Use of Wireless Telegraphy. — A Newspaper’s Opinion of Wireless Telegraphy. — Wireless Telegraphy. — Wireless Telegraphy on the SS. “Parisian.” — The Future of Wireless Telegraphy. — Dominion Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited.
11. 11.ERRATA
12. 12.Transcriber’s Note

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