Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-17
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MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

Gentlemen The great impo la1c IN !; ma
no al point OF view, ol the Maentic Telegraph
'oi hlr. Morse, makes 1t matter o giea interest,"
|to Philosophy, that all who are d:siror> OF IN
ves,igalins The subject, shO Id examine with car,
The various ideas that may have ben advanced !
previous TO the ime when Mr. Nose established
hs claims 10 haze brought 10 80 iigh stale OF
pariecti n his present mode Of conveying lntelli-
gcnce. certainly would not wish 10 take from
IBIS honored brow one laurel, that % gracefully
surrounds il. l. however. humbly conceive, ma
Others OF our distinguished rounrymen have
Years ago, been al work in this sane Interestingly
vineyard, and are entitled 10 som. measure OF
praise for the successful results arrived al by MT
Morse; and think BY careful perusal OF
"Ihomson's Annals" which may te found IN me
Library OF Hampton Sidney College, and III he
9th or 9Th volume, about the years 1919 or 10.
will he found paper BY that distinguished
chemist and Philosopher DR.. John Rcdman Coke,
hen Professor OF that Science in The University
|ot Pennsylvania. He that attempts 10 mature or
bring into use anv discovery or improvement GER
|lainly acts wisely by consulting all that has been
written on the subject thai may interest MN; anu
II presume the case was not different win Mr..
Morse. The work 10 which allnde being cosby,
II imagine will be one found in some OF our puD-
llic Libraries; but think il was published 10 t.u-
lrore, perhaps in Edinburgh. remember 10 nave
srnade diligen. search for il in The Library OF Dr
3lohn II. Purdie Of Smi,hfied, Virginia. have
lnnders God that copy of said work was pui-
3chased OF Dr. Coke BY Il former President oil
Hampden Sidney College. Be This as Il may
my atlen ion has been called 10 The subject BY
Reading, with great interest," recent Introductory
Lecture OF Or. Maupin, Professor IN SAID Col
:, ege. OF Dr. Coke need not say much, Tor MS
Hove OF Philosophy, his deep research and exien
3sive reading, are familiar 10 all the lovers OF
sScience in The Uniled States. He II was that
wears ago, called the attention oil the American
public 10 the excellent preparation OF latfnca'
Irl"W species OF opium, made from our lettuce
land who furnished the medical world with his
'lustIy extolled Hive Syrup, and who published an
interesting addition of HenryS Chemistry, ano
gave us the first American Dispensatory, work
|ol great value. and who has retuted successfully
Harvey's claims, IN regard 10 his being The sole
|aulhhr OF The discovery OF the circulation oil The
io!ood. am very desiroustha the subject oil The
Magnetic Telegraph should attract a grea; share
oi public attention; for look upon Morses present
improvement as opening The door TO far more IN
eresting and perfect results; and as our country is
rapidly going ahead in the career of useful i'm
provement am greatly in hopes that bright
DAY is bout 10 dawn upon the lovers of Philoso.
|phy in America Certainly We live in a country
pre eminently calculated 10 excite the deepest in
erest Of the Philosopher; and at no one period OF
our national existence, has The time been more
propillous than al present, TO urge on our Govern
meni and the people The importance Of those sub
Jecis, that rebound in 50 high a degree to
our national prosperity. II is our duty 10 throw
bach nron The old worli The question, "Whai has
America done for The arts AMI Sciences b.
proudly handling every subject calculated 10 ele-