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Masters of Space

Name: Masters of Space
Author: Walter Kellogg Towers

Walter Kellogg Towers

Read by Mark, Arnold, Kathleen Moore, Paul Messingham, CPvoice, Marty, Jorgelina Millán, Andrea Kotzer, Mike Pelton and Availle · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (3:48)
Communication Among the Ancients (12:29)
Signals Past and Present (16:24)
Forerunners of the Telegraph (10:56)
Inventions of Sir Charles Wheatstone (10:01)
The Achievement of Morse (21:21)
'What Hath God Wrought?' (18:52)
Development of the Telegraph System (20:07)
Telegraphing Beneath the Sea (14:17)
The Pioneer Atlantic Cable (15:27)
A Successful Cable Attained (12:14)
Alexander Graham Bell, The Youth (14:56)
The Birth of the Telephone (16:17)
The Telephone at the Centennial (13:53)
Improvement and Expansion (13:57)
Telegraphing Without Wires (13:08)
An Italian Boy's Work (13:18)
Wireless Telegraphy Established (14:12)
The Wireless Serves the World (13:40)
Speaking Across the Continent (25:53)
Telephoning Through Space (18:02)
Appendix A (21:12)
Appendix B (21:17)