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William Fothergill Cooke, Sir William Fothergill Cooke,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books ~~ Technology~~ General Electric-Telegraph~~William-Fotherg… More...

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The Electric Telegraph (Volume 1)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MR, COOKE'S REPLY, After twelve months' deliberation, Professor Wheatstone has brought out his long-promised Answer to my Pamphlet on the Invention of the Electric Telegraph. I learn from it, with satisfaction, that he at last " contentedly accepts" the Award of Sir Isambard Brunel and Professor Daniell, the Arbitrators appointed, " upon W. F. Cooke's application" to determine our relative positions in connexion with the invention. At page 30 of his Answer, he ratifies the Award in the p. so. following terms: " In the sense of the Award Mr. Cooke may stand alone, " without the slightest complaint from Mr. Wheatstone" "?' as the gentleman to whom this country is indebted for " having practically introduced and carried out the Electric " Telegraph as a useful undertaking, promising to be a "work of national importance. ' Mr. Cooke may fairly " take an honourable pride in this testimony to his prac- " tical discernment and business capacity; and no one will " be more willing,! than Mr. Wheatstone has ever been, (!) " to acknowledge that, in this sense, he has been the main- " spring of their enterprise. Mr. Cooke is entitled to stand" alone, with the assent of the Arbitrators, for conceiving, " and energetically following up his conception, that the " Electric Telegraph might be made a profitable commercial " enterprise, and for his having carried out an undertaking " of such great importance to the public. His talents and '' zeal, his experiments, his negociations, his mechanical " and business arrangements, entitle him to stand alone, " to every intent and purpose which the language of the " Award warrants." Agreement of reference, Cooke's Pamphlet, p. 13. f " Mr. Wheatstone has on no occasion that he can call to mind omitted to make a liberal mention of Mr. Cooke:"...

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EAN (ISBN-13): 9781458878908
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1458878902
Publisher: General Books LLC

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ISBN/EAN: 1458878902

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1-4588-7890-2, 978-1-4588-7890-8
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