The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 743
ingenious, but of no practical value. You could notwork, successfully, upon long lines with an apparatus which required the alter-nate changing of the poles of a battery for a portion of the signals, and thedoubling of the force of the battery for the remainder. This is exactly whatMr. Nicholson… … Georges dIn pre vi lle. distinct messages, which he could have done without chaige in his mechanism.The fact, however, is meritorious. He is entitled to be regarded as a pioneer ina great invention, and, it is pleasant to know that he has been rewarded. In some respects the luminary of the…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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