Samuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity / George F. Botjer.
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TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 132 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781498501415
- 1498501419
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese 1791-1872
- Telegraf
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- Painters -- United States -- Biography
- Telegraph -- History
- Inventeurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Peintres -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical
- Inventors
- Painters
- Telegraph
- United States
- 621.383092 B 23
- TK5243.M7
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Sources and Endnote Citations -- Bibliographical Note -- 1 An American Artist -- 2 Starving Artist Invents Telegraph in Greenwich Village Garret -- 3 From Wilderness to Empire -- 4 The Question of Origins and Originality -- 5 The Great Man Revered and Reviled -- 6 Locust Grove -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
In this book, based on previously unpublished archival sources, George F. Botjer examines the importance of time and place in the launch of Samuel F. B. Morse's invention and his resulting fame and how the invention affected the inventor himself.
English.
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