Masters of space.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1917
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Subjects: Space; technology; communication
Genres: Non-fiction
First sentence: It was very early in the history of the world that man began to feel the urgent need of communicating with man at a distance.
Description: History of communication technology from ancient times through the early 20th century.
Table of contents: title: Communication Among the Ancients
pagenum: 13
class: part
label: I.; label: II.
pagenum: 23
title: Signals Past and Present; label: III.
pagenum: 36
title: Forerunners of the Telegraph; title: Inventions of Sir Charles Wheatstone
pagenum: 45
label: IV.; title: The Achievement of Morse
pagenum: 55
label: V.; title: "What Hath God Wrought?"
pagenum: 75
label: VI.; label: VII.
pagenum: 90
title: Development of the Telegraph System; title: Telegraphing Beneath the Sea
pagenum: 106
label: VIII.; title: The Pioneer Atlantic Cable
pagenum: 117
label: IX.; title: A Successful Cable Attained
pagenum: 130
label: X.; label: XI.
pagenum: 140
title: Alexander Graham Bell, The Youth; label: XII.
pagenum: 151
title: The Birth of the Telephone; label: XIII.
pagenum: 165
title: The Telephone at the Centennial; title: Improvement and Expansion
pagenum: 176
label: XIV.; label: XV.
pagenum: 188
title: Telegraphing Without Wires; title: An Italian Boy's Work
pagenum: 199
label: XVI.; label: XVII.
pagenum: 209
title: WIreless Telegraphy Established; label: XVIII.
pagenum: 220
title: The Wireless Serves the World; label: XIX.
pagenum: 231
title: Speaking Across the Continent; label: XX.
pagenum: 250
title: Telephoning Through Space; pagenum: 264
label: Appendix A; pagenum: 282
label: Appendix B; pagenum: 299
label: Index