{"product_id":"makers-of-the-telegraph-samuel-morse-ezra-cornell-and-joseph-henry-9781476665597","title":"Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kenneth B. Lifshitz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The single-wire telegraph revolutionized long distance communication but it was not the brainchild of one inventor, Samuel Morse. His colleagues and employees--specifically Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry--made crucial contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Examining the careers of the three men and the key events, this book presents Morse as primarily a businessman and consolidator of ideas who, frequently in conflict with his associates, sought to present the telegraph as a uniform system under his sole imprimatur. The battle between Morse and Cornell over the invention of the magnetic relay was central to the drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What emerges is a complex portrait of three ambitious and brilliant innovators and the age in which they lived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46492873031831,"sku":"9781476665597","price":3738.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476665597.jpg?v=1766354531","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/makers-of-the-telegraph-samuel-morse-ezra-cornell-and-joseph-henry-9781476665597","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}