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Excerpt from Heroes of the Telegraph The present work is in some respects a sequel to the Pioneers of Electricity and it deals with the lives and principal achievements of those distinguished men to whom we are indebted for the introduction of the electric telegraph and telephone, as well as other marvels of electric science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Telegraph Boy: Or Making His Way in New York "Twenty-five cents to begin the world with!" reflected Frank Kavanagh, drawing from his vest pocket two ten-cent pieces and a nickel. "That isn't much, but it will have to do." The speaker was sitting on a bench in City Hall Park. He was apparently about fifteen years old, with a face not handsome, but frank and good-humored, and an expression indicating an energetic and hopeful temperament. A small bundle, rolled up in a handkerchief, contained his surplus wardrobe. He had that day arrived in New York by a boat from Hartford, and meant to stay in the city if he could make a living. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from History of the Atlantic Telegraph The recent death of Mr. Cyrus W. Field recalls attention to the great enterprise with which his name will be forever associated. "The Atlantic Telegraph," said the late Chief Justice Chase, "is the most wonderful achievement of civilization, and entitles its author to a distinguished rank among public benefactors. High upon that illustrious roll will his name be placed, and there will it remain while oceans divide, and telegraphs unite, mankind." The memory of such an achievement the world should not let die. The story of its varied fortune reads like a tale of adventure. From the beginning it was a series of battles, fighting against the elements and against the unbelief of men. This long struggle the new generation may forget, profiting by the result, but thinking little of the means by which it was attained. What toil of hand and brain had gone before; what days and nights of watching and weariness; how often hope deferred had made the heart sick: how year after year had dragged on, and seen the end still afar off - all that is dimly remembered, even by those who reap the fruits of victory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Telegraph in American and Morse Memorial IX years ago, urged thereto by several gentlemen connected with the early development of the American telegraph system, the telegraph IN america was published. It was a large and costly volume, and the fruit of much labor. Its reception was hearty, and the Press spoke kindly of it, although it laid no claim to literary excellence or to exhaustive treat ment. It was a work of love, very personal, - the seizing of an opportunity to perpetuate the memory of men who had rendered a great service to mankind, and to magnify and record the early history of a great invention by a grand natured man, who had honored the author with his friendship. The book met with a ready sale, and in a few months was out of print. Inasmuch as it was purchased, it may have been valued. Since that time many changes have occurred. New men have become prominent, andthe use of the telegraph has marvellously widened. Some of its promoters, like its inventor, are dead, and others have become venerable. Meanwhile, with ever increasing power. The telegraph has become not only the master of commerce, but the tongue of mankind. In all American cities the air is webbed with Wires, and iron footed men still climb through garret windows and up on pole t0ps at early dawn to string new electrical integuments across the chimney pots of the sleeping cities. And now it is determined to take the lightning from its native sky and bury it beside the odorous sewers under the causeway, there to flash its fires beneath man's dominating foot. In all this there is an interest, familiar, strong, absorbing, and which attaches even to the men engaged in it. For this reason the second edition of the telegraph IN america is issued. It contains much new matter. Like the first, it lays no claim to literary excellence. It is a memorial book, in preparing which the heart has done more than the head. Such as it is, the writer presents it as his last token of regard for the great brotherhood of which he was one of the first born, but who now cover the earth. That is all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

True courage is a hugely valued aspect of humanity. Many of the accounts in this volume are in the words of those who were there, of men and women who showed real courage, often with their own lives on the line. The tales include: the death of Sir Thomas More; George Washington at Valley Forge; Nelson losing his arm at Santa Cruz; Oscar Schindler saving the lives of Polish Jews; SOE heroine Violette Szabo in occupied France; the protesters in Tiananmen Square; and the New York firefighters and the airline passengers of flight UA49 on September 11th, 2001.

Excerpt from Description of the Universal Telegraph, for Day and Night Signals I was for several years inclined to believe, that Sir Home Popham' s modification of the two armed Telegraph, was an improvement upon my original plan, inasmuch as by placing his two arms he. Has measly doubled the number of signs or combinations, which this species of Tele graph is capable of making. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.