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A Story of the Telegraph
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A Story of The Telegraph
Telegraph History
Telegraph Electric
Sir William Fothergill Cooke, 1806–1879.
Sir Charles Wheatstone, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D. 1802–1875
The Telegraph in America
“THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.”
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ITS ORIGIN.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPANY.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OF AMERICA. (London Daily Express.)
NETWORK OF WIRES.
SOME QUICK WORK.
NO SALES IN ENGLAND.
A MANAGERIAL GENIUS.
PROF. S. F. B. MORSE.
The Telegraph in Canada
The Origin of the Montreal Telegraph Company
The Great North-Western Telegraph Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Telegraph
The Government Telegraphs.
Remarks.
The Fall of Sebastopol.
How a Duel was Prevented.
Reading by Sound.
A Cheeky Operator.
All Fools’ Day Incident.
An Angry Frenchman.
Pirating a Press Despatch.
The Queen’s Message.
Testing the Cable.
Cutting Down the Liberty Pole.
The Burns Centenary.
The Prince of Wales at Brockville.
The Trent Affair.
The Old Soldier and the Parson.
The Fenian Scare.
Professor Morse’s Valedictory Message.
O. S. Wood, Esq.
Sir Hugh Allan.
James Dakers, Esq.
H. P. Dwight, Esq.
William Cassils, Esq.
James Poustie, Esq.
Charles R. Hosmer, Esq.
Hon. George Albertus Cox.
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne.
Andrew Carnegie.
Sir Sandford Fleming, C.E., LL.D.
Frederick N. Gisborne
Thomas A. Edison.
Isaac D. Purkis, Esq.
Submarine Telegraphy.
Cable Instruments.
Cyrus W. Field.
Michael Farady.
Lord Kelvin.
John Watkins Brett.
Signor Guiglielmo Marconi.
Genesis of Wireless Telegraphy.
Historical.
Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus.
Thomas A. Edison’s Opinion of Wireless Telegraphy.
A Cable Manager’s Views of Wireless Telegraphy.
An Interview with Signor Marconi.
The Trip of the SS. “Minneapolis.”
Valuable Use of Marconi System made by Disabled Steamer.
Another Use of Wireless Telegraphy.
A Newspaper’s Opinion of Wireless Telegraphy.
Wireless Telegraphy.
Wireless Telegraphy on the SS. “Parisian.”
The Future of Wireless Telegraphy.
Dominion Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited.
ERRATA
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