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id: 25859
author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester
title: The Telegraph Messenger Boy; Or, The Straight Road to Success
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  THE OFFICE BOY When I approached the office the next morning, little Ben Mayberry was standing outside, smiling and expectant. There was something unspeakably dreadful in the thought of noble Ben Mayberry being killed by anyone, and it lifted a vast burden from my shoulders to be told that no such awful fate had overtaken him.


id: 30387
author: Alger, Horatio, Jr.
title: Mark Mason's Victory
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  Leaving Mark on his way we will precede him, and carry the reader at once to Gulchville, in California, where he was to find the young boy of whom Mr. Gilbert had requested him to take charge. Perhaps, as you are taking the place of my uncle, it would be proper to call you Uncle Mark, she laughed.


id: 12375
author: Towers, Walter Kellogg
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title:
  Masters of Space Morse and the Telegraph; Thompson and the Cable; Bell and the Telephone; Marconi and the Wireless Telegraph; Carty and the Wireless Telephone

summary:
  The companies began to place their wires underground, and Vail saw to it that the experiments with coverings for telephone wires were continued. While working and waiting and saving, Morse conceived the idea of laying telegraph wires beneath the water.


id: 28449
author: Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
title: The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless; Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise
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  We're to be ready to cast off as soon as Mr. Seaton gets here, Joe, Captain Tom Halstead announced. It _is_ fearfully dull, loafing around, in this fashion, on a lonely island, yet in plain sight of the sea that we long to rove over, nodded Captain Tom Halstead of the motor yacht Restless. Yet Hank just put us in mind of the fact that we're getting paid for our time, laughed Joe Dawson, the least restless of the trio of young Motor Boat Club boys.


id: 979
author: Munro, John
title: Heroes of the Telegraph
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  He recognised that the Morse and other telegraph instruments in use were comparatively slow in speed, owing to the mechanical inertia of the parts; and he saw that if the signal currents were made to pass through a band of travelling paper soaked in a solution which would decompose under their action, and leave a legible mark, a very high speed could be obtained. He devoted a great part of his time to electrical invention and research; and the number of telegraph apparatus of all sorts--telegraph cables, land lines, and their accessories--which have emanated from the Siemens Telegraph Works has been remarkable.


id: 37857
author: Castlemon, Harry
title: The Haunted Mine
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  He stopped in front of the door, and called out to somebody he left below, Does Mr. Julian Gray live here? Which one of you is Julian Gray? I am, sir. I am delighted to meet you, said he; and he thrust out his hand, into which Julian put his own.


id: 21740
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: The Iron Horse
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  In anticipation of this journey, Netta went one evening, in company with Emma Lee, to pay Mrs John Marrot a friendly visit, ostensibly for the purpose of inquiring after the health of baby Marrot, who, having recently fallen down-stairs, swallowed a brass button and eaten an unknown quantity of shoe-blacking, had been somewhat ailing. Timid little Mrs Tipps was also there.


id: 33437
author: American School of Correspondence
title: Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
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  _ A Automanual system 218 automatic distribution of calls 223 automatic switching equipment 222 building up a connection 224 characteristics of 218 operation 219 operator's equipment 220 setting up a connection 224 speed in handling calls 224 subscriber's apparatus 219 Automatic desk stand 158 Automatic Electric Company's telephone system 149 automatic sub-offices 201 connector 185 function of 185 location of 186 operation of 186 first selector operation 179 function of line switch 152 line switch 153, 163 bridge cut-off 173 circuit operations 167 guarding functions 173 line and trunk contacts 164 locking segment 172 master switch 171 relation of, to connectors 174 structure of 166 summary of operation 174 trunk ratio 165 trunk selection 165 multi-office system 196 party lines 202 release after conversation 196 rotary connector 202 second selector operation 182 selecting switches 153, 175 release mechanism 178 side switch 175 subdivision of subscribers' lines 152 subscribers' station apparatus 158 operation 160 bell and transmitter springs 160 ground springs 160 impulse springs 161 release springs 163 ringing springs 163 salient points 163 trunking 154 connector action 157 first selector action 156 line switch action 154 second selector action 156 two-wire automatic systems 203 two-wire and three-wire systems 157 underlying feature of trunking system 153 Automatic telephone systems 135 arguments against 135 attitude of public 141 complexity 136 expense 140 flexibility 140 subscriber's station equipment 142 automatic vs. manual 143 comparative costs 142 definition 135 methods of operation 143 fundamental idea 147 grouping of subscribers 145 local and inter-office trunks 148 Lorimer system 144 magnet vs. power-driven switches 144 Automatic telephone systems methods of operation multiple vs. trunking 145 outline of action 146 Strowger system 143 testing 148 trunking between groups 145 Automatic wall set 158 B Blocking sets 355 Busy test 48 busy-test faults 50 potential of test thimbles 49 principle 49 C Circuits 321 applications 322 composite 326 phantom 321 transmission over 324 transpositions 323 railway composite 327 ringing 327 simplex 324 Common-battery multiple switchboard 69 assembly 106 Dean multiple board 93 cord circuit 94 line circuit 93 listening key 94 ringing keys 94 test 94 Kellogg two-wire multiple board 84 battery feed 88 busy test 90 complete cord and line circuit 88 cord circuit 86 line circuit 85 summary of operation 91 supervisory signals 87 wiring of line circuit 92 multiple switchboard apparatus 97 jacks 99 lamp jacks 100 relays 101 Stromberg-Carlson multiple board 96 cord circuit 96 supervisory signals 97 test 97 Western Electric No. 1 relay board 69 capacity range 80 cord circuit 71 functions of distributing frames 77 line circuit 69 modified relay windings 79 operation 72 operator's circuit detail 75 order-wire circuits 78 pilot signals 79 relay mounting 80 testing--called line busy 75 testing--called line idle 74 wiring of line circuit 76 Western Electric No. 10 board 80 circuits 81 economy 84 operation 83 test 83 Common-battery switchboard 11 advantages of operation 11 common battery vs. magneto 12 cord circuit 20 battery supply 20 complete circuit 21 supervisory signals 21 cycle of operations 23 jacks 30 lamps 24 mounting 25 line signals 14 direct-line lamp 14 direct-line lamp with ballast 15 line lamp with relay 17 pilot signals 17 mechanical signals 27 Kellogg 28 Monarch 28 Western Electric 27 relays 28 switchboard assembly 31 Composite circuits 326 Connector 185 Cord circuit 20 Cord circuit battery supply 20 complete circuit 21 supervisory signals 21 Cord-rack connectors 66 Cummings-Wray selector 342 D Dean multiple board 93 Dispatchers' keys 339 Dispatching on electric railways 356 G Gill selector 341 H Housing central-office equipment 249 arrangement of apparatus in small manual offices 252 combined main and intermediate frames 253 floor plans for 252 types of line circuits 255 automatic offices 267 typical automatic office 270 central-office building 249 fire hazard 249 provision for cable runways 251 provision for employes 251 size of building 250 strength of building 250 large manual office 256 I Intercommunicating systems 282 common-battery systems 283 Kellogg plug type 284 Kellogg push-button type 285 Monarch system 287 Western Electric system 285 definition 282 limitations 282 for private-branch exchanges 290 simple magneto system 282 J Jacks 30 K Kellogg mechanical signal 28 Kellogg trunk circuits 125 Kellogg two-wire multiple board 84 Keyboard wiring 67 L Lamp mounting 25 Lamps 24 Line signals 14 direct-line lamp 14 direct-line lamp with ballast 15 line lamp with relay 17 pilot signals 17 Line switch 163 Long-distance switching 293 definitions 293 center-checking 297 operators' orders 294 by call circuits 294 by telegraph 294 particular party calls 295 switching through local board 293 ticket passing 296 trunking 295 high-voltage toll trunks 295 through ringing 295 two-number calls 294 use of repeating coil 293 waystations 297 Lorimer automatic system 144, 205 central-office apparatus 208 connective division 210 sectional apparatus 209 switches 213 interconnector 214 interconnector selector 214 primary connector 213 rotary switch 213 secondary connector 214 signal transmitter controller 214 operation 215 subscriber's station equipment 206 M Magneto multiple switchboard 53 branch-terminal multiple board 58 arrangement of apparatus 61 magnet windings 61 operation 60 field of utility 53 modern magneto multiple board 63 assembly 66 cord circuit 64 test 62 Magneto multiple switchboard series-multiple board 54 defects 57 operation 56 Measured service 310 local service 316 meter method 316 prepayment method 318 ticket method 316 rates 310 toll service 311 long haul 311 short haul 311 timing toll connections 312 units of charging 311 Mechanical signals 27 Kellogg 28 Monarch 28 Western Electric 27 Mercury-arc rectifier circuits 237 Monarch visual signal 28 Multi-office exchanges, necessity for 109 Multiple switchboard 43 busy test 48 cord circuits 46 diagram showing principle of 47 double connections 46 field of each operator 51 field of utility 43 influence of traffic 52 line signals 45 multiple feature 43 P Phantom circuit 321 Pilot signals 17 Plug-seat switch 38 Pole changers for harmonic The complete cord and line circuits of the Kellogg two-wire system are shown in Fig.


id: 48118
author: Meyer, Hugo Richard
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title:
  The British State Telegraphs A Study of the Problem of a Large Body of Civil Servants in a Democracy

summary:
  That Report has not been published; but in 1896, Mr. Lewin Hill, Assistant Secretary General Post Office, London, stated before the so-called Tweedmouth Committee,[146] that the majority of the committee on the Indoor Staff had signed the Report because they believed that if the concessions recommended in the Report were granted, that would be the end of all agitation. [120] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 15,119; Mr. Lewin Hill, Assistant Secretary, General Post Office, London.


id: 15617
author: American School of Correspondence
title: Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
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  In order to provide for the connection of a line in one of these simple switchboards with a line in another one, out of reach of the operator at the first, short connecting lines extending between the two switchboards are provided, these being called _transfer_ or _trunk_ lines. These fluctuations are transformed into line currents by the coil _4_.


id: 11017
author: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
title: Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I.
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  Mr. Morse received the facts from the lips of West himself, and communicated them to me in these words:-- 'I called upon Mr. West at his house in Newman Street one morning, and in conformity with the order given to his servant, Robert, always to admit Mr. Leslie and myself, even if he was engaged in his private studies, I was shown into his studio. Mr. Morse, who was but a year or two older than myself, and who had been in London but six months when I arrived, felt very much as I did and we agreed to take apartments together.


id: 11018
author: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
title: Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II
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  Pickett, B.M., Morse statue, ~2~, 482 Pisa, M. at (1830), ~2~, 335 Leaning Tower, 336 Pius VIII, at ceremonies in old age, ~1~, 339, 346, 363 death, 376 Platoff, ----, at London (1814), ~1~, 146, 147 Plattsburg, battle, ~1~, 150, 151 Poems by M. ~1~, 273, ~2~, 494-496 Poet, and painter, ~1~, 110, 117 Poinsett, J.R., and Art Academy at Charleston, ~1~, 235, 236 and proposed Mexican minion (1823), 252, 253 Poland, revolt (1830), ~1~, 386-389 Lafayette on revolt, 408, 431 Paris and revolt, mob (1831), 409-411 M.'s active interest, 430 Polk, J.K., presidential nomination reported by telegraph, ~2~, 224, 225 Pope, F.L., on Morse alphabet, ~2~, 76 Popes. Serrell, ----, and experimental telegraph line, ~2~, 206, 211, 212 Servants, M. on problem, ~1~, 281, 292 on English, 302 Servell, ----, visual telegraph, ~2~, 53 Seymour, T.H., with M. at Peterhoff (1856), ~2~, 356, 357 Shaffner, T.P. letters with M. (1848) on clash with rival company, ~2~, 287-289 and M. at Washington, 323 from M. (1859) on death of Vail, 400 on Henry controversy, 402 Shaw, ----, invention of percussion cap, ~2~, 472 Shee, Sir M.A., meets M., ~1~, 308 Shepard, Nancy, M.'s nurse, ~1~, 3, ~2~, 72 Sheridan, R.B., lines on Lettsom, ~1~, 40 Shubrick, W.B., at early exhibition of telegraph, ~2~, 48 Siddons, Mrs., M. on, ~1~, 77 Siemens, Werner, and duplex telegraph, ~2~, 187 and M. at Berlin, 461 Silliman, Benjamin, M. on Journal, ~1~, 18 M.'s scientific studies under, 236 in Berkshires with M., 238, 239 epitaph for Mrs. Morse, 270, 271 experiments in photography, 421 M.'s indebtedness, ~2~, 58 Simbaldi, Palazzo, musical soirée at (1830), ~1~, 342 Simpson, John, at M.'s funeral, ~2~, 512 Sisters of Charity, M. on, ~1~, 323 Slave-trade, Wilberforce and abolition, ~1~, 135 Slavery, M.'s defence, ~2~, 331, 333, 389, 390, 415, 416, 424-426, 432 Smith, Capt. ----, of _Napoleon_ (1829), ~1~, 300 Smith, E.F., from M. (1853) on endorsing notes, ~2~, 319 Smith, E.G., and M. ~2~, 188 to M. (1847) on painting for Capitol, 267 Smith, F.O.J., offer to help M., ~2~, 82 character, cause of later antagonism, 82, 83 conditions of partnership, 83 report to Congress on telegraph, 87 and patent specification, 89 goes to Europe with M., 89 returns, 109 on Chamberlain, 148 abandons efforts for telegraph, 151, 165, 168, 178, 181, 186 and construction of experimental line, and beginning of hostility to M., 206, 212, 213, 216, 218, 219, 225 and formation of companies, 235, 236 telegraph dictionary, dedication to M., 236-238 life-long continuation of antagonism, 238, 247, 273, 280, 303, 304, 307, 312, 320 and management of partnership, 247 separation of interests, 308, 309, 312 denial of injunction against, 319 and extension of patent, demand of share, 324, 328, 346, 370 claim to share foreign gratuity, 409-412, 423 M.'s acknowledgment to, 471, 489 on Henry as inventor of telegraph, 498-502 last attack on M., 502-505, 507 _Letters to M.:_ (1841) on M.'s service to humanity, ~2~, 165.


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