Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Telegraphy Telegraphy Thomas Ernest Herbert 4th Ed. OL13175519W
Before we went wireless Before we went wireless Ivor Hughes "The first biography of the brilliant inventor and practical experimenter in late 19th century telegraphy, telephony, metal detection, and audiology, British-born David Edward Hughes"--Provided by pu… OL16296240W
Telegraph engineering Telegraph engineering Erich Hausmann “Considers overland and submarine telegraph engineering in their ordinary and also in their less commonly discussed applications. Among the latter are included fire alarm and police patrol systems, t… OL16621445W
Magnetism and Electricity Magnetism and Electricity Burt Cutler,George Taevs This is a science study course from Educational Insights product number 7115, for use in class rooms, groups, and homes. It consists of a set of 54 reference cards, and a box. Each card has text, wit… OL17068334W
Valley of Bones Valley of Bones Dusty Richards 412 pages ; 18 cm OL21136243W
Flame, electricity and the camera Flame, electricity and the camera Iles, George A history of invention and technology, from the control of fire to the telegraph and color photography. OL2504700W
Samuel Morse Samuel Morse Lynn Davis Presents the story of how an eccentric young artist became the inventor of the first telegraph system. OL29247999W
Lightning Man Lightning Man Kenneth Silverman In this brilliantly conceived and written biography, Pulitzer Prize--winning Kenneth Silverman gives us the long and amazing life of the man eulogized by the New York Herald in 1872 as "perhaps the m… OL3243636W
A Thread Across the Ocean A Thread Across the Ocean John Steele Gordon "Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, however, they were a fact of life. The United States was remote fr… OL3347773W