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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 9 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Disunion, early threats of. (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Electro-magnetic Telegraph. (search)
Electro-magnetic Telegraph.
This invention, conceived more than a century ago, was first brought to perfection as an intelligent medium of communication
Morse apparatus, circuit and battery. beteen points distant from each other by Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse (q. v.), of New York, and was first presented to public notice in 1838.
In the autumn of 1837 he filed a caveat at the Patent Office; and he gave a private exhibition of its marvellous power in the New York University in January, 1838, when intelligence was instantly transmitted by an alphabet composed of dots and lines, invented by Morse, through a circuit of 10 miles of wire, and plainly recorded.
Morse applied to Congress for pecuniary aid to enable him to construct an experimental line between Washington and Baltimore.
For four years he waited, for the action of the government was tardy, in consequence of doubt and positive opposition.
At the beginning of March. 1842, Congress
Morse Key appropriated $30,000 for his
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webber , Samuel 1759 -1810 (search)
Webber, Samuel 1759-1810
Educator; born in Byfield, Mass., in 1759; graduated at Harvard College in 1784; entered the ministry; and became a tutor in Harvard in 1787; was Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy there in 1789-1804, and then became president.
He was one of the commissioners appointed to settle the boundary-line between the United States and the British provinces; vicepresident of the American Academy; author of System of Mathematics; Eulogy On President Willard; and reviser of Jedidiah Morse's American universal geography.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., July 17, 1810.
Webster, Daniel
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 1 : travellers and observers, 1763 -1846 (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 17 : writers on American history, 1783 -1850 (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)