Early History of the Electro-magnetic Telegraph: From Letters and Journals of Alfred VailHine brothers, 1914 - 36 ページ |
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agreement Alfred Vail alphabet Amos Kendall apparatus April Balt battery Capitol caveat claim closing and breaking Congress cups December devised Dictionary discovery dots and spaces Electric Telegraph Electro-Magnetic Telegraph evanescent exhibition expenses experiments extracts F. O. J. Smith Franklin L Gale galvanic Henry hereby improvement independent circuit interest inventor January July July 25 June Letters Patent machine machinery Magnetic Telegraph March mechanical miles mode of telegraph Morristown Morse and Vail Morse to Vail Morse writes Morse's numbers operation party pen lever plan of marking Po'Keepsie points port rule Post Office Printing Telegraph Prof receiving magnet recording register instrument relay S. F. B. Morse Samuel F. B. Morse says Sept September September 25 signs or signals Smithsonian Speedwell system of signs telegraphic communication telegraphic purposes thro Vail to G Vail to Morse Vail writes wires York
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2 ページ - If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.
1 ページ - Telegraph" and by the proposed patent to be secured to him as aforesaid, so far as any benefits and advantages may arise therefrom. FIFTH, It is also agreed by the said Morse, of the first part, that, provided that said Vail, of the second part, will procure to be taken out letters-patent for this invention, in any or all of the foreign countries of the globe, he shall be entitled to one equal and undivided one-half of all the benefits, profits and advantages arising therefrom, and it is further...
7 ページ - Eighth. I do not propose to limit myself to the specific machinery or parts of machinery described in the foregoing specifications and claims ; the essence of my invention being the use of the motive power of the electric or galvanic current, which I call electromagnetism, however developed for marking or printing intelligible characters, signs, or letters, at any distances, being a new application of that power of which I claim to be the first inventor or discoverer.
6 ページ - There are various known modes of producing motions by electro-magnetism, but none of these had been applied prior to my invention and improvement, to actuate or give motion to printing or recording machinery, which is the chief point of my invention and improvement.
24 ページ - It is by taking all the correspondence together, that justice can yet be done to all concerned. "I have no doubt, and never had, from an early day, that Mr. Vail is the author of all those indispensable transformations which alone gave practical and commercial value to the telegraph.
2 ページ - ... exclusive property of the said Vail. SEVENTH. It is further agreed by the said party of the second part, that the letters-patent taken out for France, England, Scotland, and Ireland, in compliance with Article 5, shall be taken out in the name and for the exclusive benefit of said Morse, of the first part, and it is hereby agreed by the said party of the first part that as soon as he has obtained them, he shall immediately assign, transfer and convey to the said party of the second part, one...
9 ページ - I may say, struck with the rude machinery containing, as I believed, the germ of what was destined to produce great changes in the condition and relations of mankind.
7 ページ - Indeed, if the eighth claim of the patentee can be maintained, there was no necessity for any specification, further than to say that he had discovered that, by using the motive power of electro-magnetism, he could print intelligible characters at any distance. We presume it will be admitted on all hands, that no patent could have issued on such a specification.
26 ページ - So proceed with the rest until the numbers are all set down. Then by referring to the Telegraphic Dictionary, the words corresponding to the numbers are found, and the communication read. Thus it will be seen that by means of the changes upon ten characters, all words can be transmitted.
6 ページ - That your petitioner has invented a new method of transmitting and recording intelligence by means of electro-magnetism, which he denominates The American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, and which he verily believes has not been known or used prior to the invention thereof by your petitioner. Your petitioner further states, that the machinery for a full, practical display of his new invention is not yet completed, and he...