The electric telegraph historical anthology. 1977
THIS IS A FAIRLY LARGE RED HARD BACK BOOK TITLED " THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AN HISTORICAL ANTHOLOGY " EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE SHIERS AND PUBLISHED BY ARNO PRESS A NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY. THIS HAS OVER 500 PAGES OF VERY GOOD READING ALONG WITH BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS THE WORDS ARE VARIED IN TYPE SCRIPT AND SOME OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE OLD FACSIMILIES OF ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS. SOME OF THE CONTENTS INCLUDE, EARLY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, HENRY AND THE TELEGRAPH, TICKER AND THE TELEGRAPH, THE MOTOGRAPH, FOUR MESSAGE OVER A SINGLE WIRE TELEGRAPHIC APPARATUS FOR RAPID TRANSMISSION, HENRY AND MORSE, THE INVENTORS OF THE TELEGRAPH AND THE TELEPHONE, THE RECEIVING TELEPHONE IN A TRAIN TELEGRAPH, AND MUCH MORE!
A SCARCE BOOK IN NICE USED CONDITION.