The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-02-23
THE REAL INVENTOR.
Are We Indebted to Professor Morse {
the Electric Tclr:-rnnhn

THE REAL INVENTOR.
Are We Indebted to Professor Morse for
the Electric Telegraph:
y full and complete account of the invcn-
ton of tho telegraph appeared in Tie Cen
tury Magazine for April, lSSs, AMI recently,
in examining, an old file Of The New York
Sun for the year lsl5,, found tho followin.
editorial iii tho issle of Sept -, OF that year.
written by Moses $. Beach, the then propi'n.
tor and editor, and who knew fron, personal
knowledge whereof he WROTE Tho article
was entitled '11onor 10 Whom Honor Is
Duc:'
Tho laying of tho Atlantic cable has
walked up hundreds of claimants, for houo's
bestowed upon Professor Morse, and whilq
each is so loudly telling his s.uly, unl i,sc
impatient that it is co,lly received, we viii
mention few incidents connected with PRO,
fcssor Morsa's own czporie.oe which we have
never seen in print, and wiiir., los, mono of
their interest from tlio un.ssiIIs,ins moIesty
of the other parties referred to-
''Soon after Mr.. Morses invention of the
telegraph which has made him famous llo was
n professor in the University of New Yor:
City As yet tho invention WAS merely an
idea without material form. Aurns The
Vail, of Morristown, n. j., Alfred Vail, and
tho worthy professor had 10 auditor more in
tcrcStel in his supposed to he va%al'ies Al
fred was young man of an ucive turn a.
mind, and ho readily cspou.cl Professor
luras,'s ideas. Eut tho professor liaIl NO
means; his brother Sydney looked ,r,um In
as II cllilnrlcal dreamer who deserved no
help, and so Alfred Vail $,t a,it ovc.@s,'n
iil.s that difficulty. He told tho stary-viHio.
and a!l-many times over to his father The
judo was, as he i; How, II liberal anil ,rcnol-
ol!S man, with do small degree Of coutrivancc
about him. llc became Interested anl in
vtca tho professor to his house. Tho result
wasa personal friendship and years c::pai'
i'm nin,s al Judge Nail'seSransr.
ALFRED Vail entered into tlies,. yorril,i,Ilt;
with his w!io!o sauI, aal to him is Professor
| Morse indebted quite as mn"i. rs tn his own
:" il for his ultimate triumph Ii was 'lfreh
| Vail who invcntcl tha far famed ullllt;! i,
and he, too wa, tho inventor of the ilsi',i-
meat that hals Morso'i ra!ne. Bni wl,;,i-
ever he did cOrtrivo,l w0.it ch"cr'uliy t.
the great cad. Alirel felt rewarded in So
ing the gradual plisilmellt, o; the dream
Judge Vail had Il small factory near Iii
| house and separated from The Sur,lwoll iro.
| Works, belonging 10 him, with water power
and in it the experiments, were carried on.
| Three miles Of copper wire, about four times
| as large rs that used in tho Atlantic cable,
were Purchased ut Bcllevillc, n j. Tho wirr
was sent 10 SeW' York and wound with cot
| ton, under tho slppostinn that it coull not
otherwise be made scrvirsai,Ir Thea tho
first clumsy Registering machine va, ies isnc
and with it tho writing machine, witt it,, li,o-
chalical action by means of types Then
construction and abandonment fo. sometime
better took place in the s;l,no factory, u.4s
there in an upper room, the remains If them
cog wheels, r;ttclri and sli,les--n,ay, or 4
fow days since might .i.l he seen.
| Tho first telegraph ul' 20 eyer sent li'I-
| do" tllc 50 called Nor system was both $. vt
| and received il tiiat aa;i9 'uptr room :ie
was dictated Ly judge Nail-'A rati,.fl;
| waiter is no los"r.
"Tirn"o came thcalll %, sul&T TucnNy
exhibited in Ne;Y Nol,: ;,n'! 'ai,sicIo Wit,i
| such electrical effect. We l.,.o in our pos
| session now It iiie@o Of tat .i.silul threo
miles OF wiie AMI we lrinr it at Il iiemcill.. -
| much more than car foot o! tho Atlantic
cable
"'ihc ori%inal plan for iuyilr'g the lines #
| telegraph W. !y Calls submerged in t'ie
| ground. For THIS lapl'e The vino Wa. to Us
inc!nsc'' in load rilia, and preparations wc.e
mad: for The Introduction Ct Tie wire in liz
l'ilo simultaneously ..tl, its l.a!cincture,
Experiments sllo."s'l, however, that with sli!)-
inc,fion tide ne"tss.'y insulation Of Tie wire
would in Gi.:!";iii if net l ,,ti lille and 2
cheaper ail more oli "tual ll"tae.iof 81. ,il-
| sion vas ~ teA
"-inp'1nr i!."ic!e!it ;;.ii SC ;,.' done. .H,;rt
VI; in TO ,l..s il l.r Is ra row, no l.t-al
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