I can make it go round the world," said Morse to his fellow-passengers, his imagination expanding in the ardor of his new idea. " Well, captain," he said, with a laugh, on leaving the ship, " should you hear of the telegraph one of these days as the wonder... Historical Tales: The Romance of Reality - Página 258por Charles Morris - 1893 - 319 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1854 - 750 páginas
...them, as are also the words he addressed to me a few days before leaving the ship, " Well, Captain, should you hear of the telegraph one of these days, as the wonder of the world, remember the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully." His plan of communicating intelligence at a distance,... | |
| Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1875 - 876 páginas
...Pell says: "Before the vessel was in port, Mr. Morse addressed me in these words : 'Well, captain, should you hear of the telegraph, one of these days, as the wonder of the world, remember the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully.' " Thus it appears from bis own records, and the... | |
| William T. Jeans - 1887 - 356 páginas
...explained his designs to his companions. As the voyage came to a close he said to the Captain : " Well, if you hear of the telegraph one of these days as the...that the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully"—a remark which Captain Pell never forgot. On landing at New York in November, 1832, after... | |
| John Munro - 1891 - 314 páginas
...hopes of his invention may be gathered from his words on landing, ' Well, Captain Pell, should you ever hear of the telegraph one of these days as the wonder of the world, remember the discovery was made on the good ship Sully.' Soon after his return his brothers gave him a room... | |
| Scotch-Irish Society of America - 1892 - 418 páginas
...vessel neared the wharf at New York, Capt. Pell says, Mr. Morse addressed him and said: "Well, captain, should you hear of the telegraph one of these days as the wonder of the world, remember the discovery was made upon the good ship 'Sully.'" Several years were spent in constructing, improving,... | |
| Charles Morris - 1893 - 352 páginas
...Morse clung to his original fancy for burying them, — a fancy which, it may here be said, is coining again into vogue in these latter days, so far as cities...telegraph one of these days as the wonder of the world, remembe" that the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully." The inventor, indeed, was possessed... | |
| Charles Morris - 1898 - 354 páginas
...telegraphic method which is used to-day in the great majority of the telegraph lines of the world. i.~r 22* An alphabet of dots and marks, a revolving ribbon...telegraph one of these days as the wonder of the world, remembe'" that the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully." The inventor, indeed, was possessed... | |
| John Trowbridge - 1901 - 174 páginas
...Pell said, " Before the vessel was in port, Mr. Morse addressed me in these words : ' Well, Captain, should you hear of the telegraph one of these days as the wonder of the world, remember the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully.' " A passenger, Mr. Fisher, couusellor-at-law... | |
| Edward Channing - 1903 - 292 páginas
...by electricity. Toward the end of the voyage he said 885 to the captain of the ship, "Well, Captain, should you hear of the telegraph one of these days as the wonder of the world, remember the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully." 259. The Morse Alphabet. — Once on shore, Morse... | |
| Rupert Sargent Holland - 1911 - 356 páginas
...of the Sully, testified later, that as the packet came into port Morse said to him, " Well, Captain, should you hear of the telegraph one of these days...discovery was made on board the good ship Sully." The times were ripe for his great invention, and although other men, abler scientists and students, had... | |
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