Telegraph in America, 1832-1920

by David Hochfelder

Book Overview

A complete history of how the telegraph revolutionized technological practice and life in America.

Telegraphy in the nineteenth century approximated the internet in our own day. Historian and electrical engineer David Hochfelder offers readers a comprehensive history of this groundbreaking technology, which employs breaks in an electrical current to send code along miles of wire. The Telegraph in America, 1832-1920 examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421421240
• ISBN13: 9781421421247
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher