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100 1 _aTowers, Walter Kellogg,
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245 1 0 _aMasters of Space :
_bMorse and the Telegraph; Thompson and the Cable; Bell and the Telephone; Marconi and the Wireless Telegraph; Carty and the Wireless Telephone
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2004-05-01
508 _aProduced by Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"Masters of Space" by Walter Kellogg Towers is a historical account written in the early 20th century that explores the evolution of long-distance communication. The book chronicles the monumental achievements of inventors like Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, and Guglielmo Marconi, showcasing how their innovations—from the telegraph to the telephone and wireless communication—transformed human connectivity and interaction. The opening of the book provides a vivid backdrop to the necessity and development of communication throughout history. Towers begins by discussing primitive signaling systems used by ancient civilizations, illustrating the immense human desire to share information across distances. He then delves into the seminal contributions of Morse and other key figures, detailing their struggles and triumphs in developing devices that would eventually bridge vast distances and link people across the globe. This introductory narrative sets the stage for a compelling journey through the innovative and often tumultuous world of communication technology, highlighting not only the inventions themselves but also the personalities behind them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aTelephone
653 _aTelegraph
653 _aRadio
653 _aTelegraph, Wireless
653 _aMarconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937
653 _aCarty, John J. (John Joseph), 1861-1932
653 _aKelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907
653 _aBell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
653 _aMorse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12375
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