Masters of Space
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Preface
3:48 -
Communication Among the Ancients
12:29 -
Signals Past and Present
16:24 -
Forerunners of the Telegraph
10:56 -
Inventions of Sir Charles Wheatstone
10:01 -
The Achievement of Morse
21:21 -
'What Hath God Wrought?'
18:52 -
Development of the Telegraph System
20:07 -
Telegraphing Beneath the Sea
14:17 -
The Pioneer Atlantic Cable
15:27 -
A Successful Cable Attained
12:14 -
Alexander Graham Bell, The Youth
14:56 -
The Birth of the Telephone
16:17 -
The Telephone at the Centennial
13:53 -
Improvement and Expansion
13:57 -
Telegraphing Without Wires
13:08 -
An Italian Boy's Work
13:18 -
Wireless Telegraphy Established
14:12 -
The Wireless Serves the World
13:40 -
Speaking Across the Continent
25:53 -
Telephoning Through Space
18:02 -
Appendix A
21:12 -
Appendix B
21:17
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Beacon fires, relays of runners, and signals from tower to tower introduce the problem of communicating over distance in this 1917 history of technology. Walter Kellogg Towers follows these early methods with chapters on electrical telegraphy, the Atlantic cable, and the growth of telephone networks. His account connects explanations of instruments with the lives of the people developing them, making technical change a matter of experiments, resources, and practical decisions.
The section on Alexander Graham Bell shows the pressure behind an invention. While he investigates ways to reproduce the action of the ear, his financial supporters urge him toward telegraph improvements. Joseph Henry, after examining Bell’s apparatus, encourages him to continue and acquire the knowledge he needs. Chapters on wireless communication extend the scope of the book. For readers today, it offers a period account of how familiar systems took shape through uncertain work and competing expectations.
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