The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 520
epartment now (1877) averages as follows : Battery jars,38,000; battery copper, 11,000 lbs.; spelter, 220,000 lbs.; blue vitriol,850,000 lbs.; acids, 825 carboys; coal, 1,700 tons; pens, 5,000 gross;ink, 2,800 quarts; cross-arms, 40,000 ; folio paper, 20,000 reams ; bookpaper, 2,400 reams; message… … cJ. u6. (yCciyi^T^TL The Western Union Telegraph Company. 487 As 1863 opened upon the Company, its sun was at the meridian. Justthen, however, there came a shadow over its dial which, for a time,darkened its horizon. While Sibley and Wade had been pushing theconquests of the company on every side,…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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