The Telegraph and the Telephone: Their Development and Role in the Economic History of the United States : the First Century, 1844-1944 |
Contents
Early Visual Signals And the Invention of the Electric | 1 |
Chapter | 11 |
Chapter 111 | 20 |
Copyright | |
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Alfred Vail American Bell Annual Report April AT&T Atlantic Automatic Electric Company Baltimore Bell System Bell Telephone Bell's Boston Buffalo cable called capitalized Central Chicago Cincinnati circuit City Cleveland communication connected construction contract cost December dial dividend dollars early Edison Electric electric telegraph employees equipment Erie example exchange farm farmers freight gold Gould Haven Hubbard Illinois important Independent Indiana installed insulators interest invented January July June Kendall later letter long distance Louis Meanwhile messages miles of wire Morse papers Morse's November O'Reilly October Ohio operator Orleans Pacific Passenger Train Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburgh poles Pony Express Private Branch Exchange private line Railroad railway received Reid River role Samuel F.B. Morse September signal Smith stations subscribers switchboard tele telegrams Telegraph Company telegraph lines Telephone Company telephone service tickers traffic Vail Papers Washington weather Western Union York York Stock Exchange