Masters of space: Morse and the telegraph; Thompson and the cable; Bell and the telephone; Marconi and the wireless telegraph; Carty and the wireless telephone; (1917)
Towers, Walter Kellogg, 1888- · New York, London, Harper & brothers · leaf 148
September 7ththe second cable was successfully landed,and two wires were now in operation betweenthe continents. Thus was the great taskdoubly fulfilled. Once again there werepublic celebrations in England and America.Field received the deserved plaudits of hiscountrymen and Thomson was knighted… … A SUCCESSFUL CABLE ATTAINED Using the current from a battery placed ina ladys thimble, a message was sent acrossthe Atlantic through one cable and backthrough the other. Professor Thomson wasto give to submarine telegraphy an even moreremarkable instrument. The mirror instru-ment did not give a…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907 · Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 · Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937 · Carty, John J. (John Joseph), 1861-1932 · Telegraph · Telegraph, Wireless · Telephone · Radio
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