Chapter 4

The Telegraph in England.CONTENTS OF SECTION ONE.PAGEExplanatory10Telegraph, Electric11The Needle Telegraph22British Government acquires Telegraphs29Telegraph Development36Sir William Fothergill Cooke37Sir Charles Wheatstone39The Telegraph in the United States.CONTENTS OF SECTION TWO.Origin of the Telegraph44The Magnetic Telegraph Co.60The Western Union Telegraph Co.61The Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.74The Associated Press of America81Prof. S. F. B. Morse89The Telegraph in Canada.CONTENTS OF SECTION THREE.The Origin of the Montreal Telegraph Company108The Great North-Western Telegraph Company116The Canadian Pacific Telegraphs120Canadian Government Telegraphs123Remarks125Reminiscent Stories126Some Prominent Telegraphists165Submarine Telegraphy.CONTENTS OF SECTION FOUR.Origin Deep Sea Telegraphy198First Cable Company207First Atlantic Cable210Cable Repairs213Cable Instruments218Cyrus W. Field223Michael Faraday228Lord Kelvin229John W. Brett232Wireless Telegraphy.CONTENTS OF SECTION FIVE.Sketch of Signor Guiglielmo Marconi233Genesis of Wireless Telegraphy235Evolution of Wireless Telegraphy237The Marconi Telegraph Company239Wireless Telegraph Apparatus243Opinion of Thos. A. Edison245A Cable Manager’s Views246An Interview with Marconi248Trip of SS. “Minneapolis”252The Disabled SS. “Kroonland”253Uses of Wireless Telegraphy255A Newspaper Opinion256Wireless Telegraphy on the SS. “Parisian”260Future of Wireless Telegraphy264Dominion Wireless Telegraph Company267


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