Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-02-19

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Froi' - T. b Morse
Il not often that inventors live 10 see
with their own ewes the full deyelopment of
their ideas in practice and it is still more
infrcauert thai ti.ev are able 10 enjoy the re-
wards Jf wealth and ,Dntemporafy fame
he h+weyer. whose name stands AL the head
of This article. is an execution TO the too GEN.
eraI rule for not uulv has the generation in
which bc lived been willip.r to do full Justice
n, hi. aehiey,n.nt- .ip the realm, Of prastical
s..iepee but hi. Grand discovery has been
Irouylrt into rrse. until ointment and ocean
is trsver.ei bv the electric wire.
Samuel Fal,v Bree-e Morse was horn in
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effort and suoces5 that lav betorc him. he
went 10 Miore IN lS2Q, and spent three
vea-s ia yari1u. eities II the Continent.
ln the autumn Of 1892. Mr.. Morse returned
t9tlatrHiea States. During thevorapa. the
then reccnf li-. Ferv M tbereatien between
f-7rrttis,3 and tls-tricity was natrrsllv the
suiis7e- Of tsuvess7fi among the r-s,ssrlr-crs
n az vessel ana Il was bv The reflections IN
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ase' Nl. '.-I a ul,. isah A'sis1 inventor wa
leg e .17 S0'1' N's53 3Aer4 ana II may ge
ie-lt9ae+ As 7liA4laiDS " Hstt' upusqali
t'---t :. ~ IN ~ -la tl+ile- anu IahoF were
needed -2 bring iAe invention INTO pF4ctlee.
t4c original ----- e----l--eld- l1e rrincilie OF
AIN . ''s-@4's g. y tAe perfect Invention as
it now tA'-t7. !lIs Is. llo'eA Oy Tue tesll-
n'9y % lLe .s'l-sis VINO NeIe win WI. n hiin m
en ms 'se ii9ln Europe ana uy the dfaW-
ings made al that TIME eviienee wilIseh
proved 9ii iN 7.,-leht U esl!ollSh 'ne Vaiie-
lty oi ht' ,"'iihe ''e49ie uie inages Nho' IN
the c24t-e oi cents We're e',iiea 20 eeei1e
upon tpem. ~ YCrlheiess' the mere wor KING
9ut OF Ihe ldaa upon papef proved IN this rs
ia many ot4ef instances, quite a different
tbmg uom inc paeteal Development OF The
invention and At VAS not until the year
loo1, alter tlree years ot experiment. and de-
lay, tAat Zoe hrst cepIdete recording inktTu-
meat was made and even ne thus brought
ihto-Sorking shape, 1t ls described as -
rude single apparatus. sufficient indeed to en-
body the invention, and TO enable person to
comintnicate from one extremity of two dis
tant points % a circuit OF hall a mile, but
not back agaiu from the other extremity.
fhis, however, was not enough. 1t was ne
ccsary thar eamupnications should pass
b1th ways and, IN order tQaccomphsh this,
he de=israd duplicate Of the instrument to
send lsesslgcs in theregerse direction, So that
signals coald be sent to and from both terIni-
nj OF the line Owing to various oircum-
stances, he could not complete the second APP
pur7ltus until the summer OF 1887 had passed
away and it was not until the early days of
the autumn Of the year just mentioned that,
the wliole plan being wrought into shape, it
was exhibited at the College Of the City of
New Y ok, and the capabilities of the new
system were explained 70 the hundreds who
docked to witness its operation
notwithstanding tie successful operation
of the inyention at this time. the protector