Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 176
et for all hisgoodly income as an artist, Morse, now in his thirty-ninthyear, was dissatisfied with his pictures. He resolved to visitItaly, there, at leisure, to become familiar with the master-pieces of all time, to refine his taste, and improve his tech- SAMUEL F. B. MORSE 135 nique. A score of… … Chappe Telegraph thereafter. In England he met Leslie and other intimatesof his youth, and, proceeding through France, took hisway to the Italian frontier. Near Lyons, on his southwardcourse, he saw the waving arms of a Chappe semaphore, 136 LEADING AMERICAN INVENTORS such as he was to banish from…
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