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The Joseph Henry Papers Project - http://www.si.edu/archives/ihd/jhp/
Documenting the life of the revered American scientist who conducted pioneering work in electromagnetism. His unselfish genius helped bring about the inventions of the telegraph, electric motor, and telephone. |
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Thomas A. Edison Papers - http://edison.rutgers.edu/
Information and documents about Edison's life and career including his years as a telegrapher and inventions in the field of telegraphy. |
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Ezra Cornell: a Nineteenth-Century Life - http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Ezra-exhibit/entrance.html
An on-line exhibit from Cornell University Library that documents his involvement with the construction of the first telegraph lines in America. |
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The Atlantic Cable - http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/atlantic-cable/
Image reproduction of a book by Bern Dibner, published by the Burndy Library. |
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - http://atlantic-cable.com/
Traces the history of undersea cable communications, from the first telegraph cables used in 1850 to the fiber optic cables used today for the Internet. |
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Historic Speedwell - Morristown, NJ - Home - http://speedwell.org/
A National Historic Site where Alfred Vail constructed and improved the telegraph instruments used by Samuel Morse. Included is an account of the development of the telegraph from Vail's perspective. |
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Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmhome.html
An online presentation comprising about 6,500 items that document Morse's career, including his invention of the electro-magnetic telegraph and participation in the development of telegraph systems used in the United States and abroad. |
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The Aurora Borealis and the Telegraph - http://www.rainbowriderstradingpost.com/article1.html
Essay on how solar flares crippled communications during the 19th century. |
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Western Union Telegraph Company Records - http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/fa_wu_index.aspx
Scope and contents of the collection held at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center. Features a history of the company and collection. A major resource for researchers. |
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Telegraph History - http://www.telegraph-history.org
an assortment of articles that focus on U.S. telegraph history. |
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Telegraph Instruments of Europe - http://www.faradic.net/~gsraven/fons_images/fons_museum.html
An extensive presentation of the private telegraph instrument collection of Fons Vanden Berghen. Many of the instruments presented appeared his book, "Classics of Communication". |
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Civil War Signal Corps and United States Military Telegraph - http://www.civilwarsignal.org/
Contains information on how the telegraph was used during the Civil War. |
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N7CFO - http://www.n7cfo.com/
The homepage of ham radio operator, Lynn Burlingame, N7CFO. Resources for telegraph historians including the index of the 1894 book, "Telegraphers of Today." Also available is the index and information about the publication, "The N7CFO KeyLetter," a major resource for telegraph instrument collectors. |
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The Overland Telegraph - http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/overland.htm
Essay describes the construction of the telegraph connecting Adelaide and the rest of Australia, through Darwin, with England in 1872. |
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The Electromagnetic Telegraph - http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tel/morse/morse.htm
A technical history of the 19th-century electromagnetic telegraph by Dr. James B. Calvert. |