MORSE, Samuel F.B.
Modern Telegraphy: Some Errors of Dates of Events and of Statement in the History of Telegraphy Exposed and Rectified.
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"What hath God wrought": Modern Technology; Inscribed by Samuel Morse, Inventor of the Single-Wire Telegraph and Morse Code, to His Former Yale Professor
Booklet on modern telegraphy written by the inventor of the infinitely crucial single-wire telegraph and morse code telecommunication system. Octavo, sixteen pages, original wrappers, illustrated with three diagrams of conductors and electrical circuits. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his former Yale professor, "Prof. Silliman with the regards of Saml. F.B. Morse." The recipient, Benjamin Silliman, was one of the first American professors of Science at Yale College and would go on to be one of the founders of the 'American Journal of Science,' the oldest continuously published scientific journal in the United States. In 1802, he was hired by Yale President, Timothy Dwight IV, as a professor of chemistry and natural history. His lectures on chemistry would be the first scientific lectures ever given at the university. Silliman was also an early supporter of coeducation at Yale, and allowed young women into his lecture classes, despite the university not admitting female students. In very good condition with some toning throughout, light smudging to the pencil inscription, a few creases to the corners.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American painter and inventor who studied at Yale College before settling on an artistic career. He trained under American expatriate Benjamin West in Europe and worked as an itinerant artist along the Eastern seaboard. It was during one of these trips that his wife died in childbirth, a personal tragedy that spurred Morse to invent a faster way to send messages long distances. Over the next twenty years, Morse focused on researching and financing what would eventually become the single-wire telegraph and Morse code. Morse's first message, "What hath God wrought", was transmitted over 38 miles of experimental cable between Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland in May 1844.
Modern Telegraphy: Some Errors of Dates of Events and of Statement in the History of Telegraphy Exposed and Rectified.
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