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Author : Samuel Bulkley Ruggles
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Railways and Telegraphs of the Nineteenth Century written by Samuel Bulkley Ruggles and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421429748
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book The Train and the Telegraph written by Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complicating the existing scholarship by demonstrating that the railroad and telegraph in the United States were uneasy partners at best—and more often outright antagonists—throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, The Train and the Telegraph will appeal to scholars of communication, transportation, and American business history and political economy, as well as to enthusiasts of the nineteenth-century American railroad industry.
Author : George Dodd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436885799
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (857 download)
Download or read book Railways, Steamers and Telegraphs written by George Dodd and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes
Publisher : ProQuest
ISBN 13 : 9780549924975
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (249 download)
Download or read book Fallible Guardian written by Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes and published by ProQuest. This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation argues that a deterministic popular rhetoric of 19 th -century mechanical and electrical sublimity has obscured the complex and nuanced social, financial, and technological relationships that developed between users of railroad and telegraph technologies. In order to successfully analyze the agents that shaped the development of both industries in the United States, it is necessary to recognize that these technologies were socially constructed and evolved as parts of larger technological systems that encompassed social, economic, and technological components. By examining how these components interacted and shaped the development of the railroad and telegraph industries, this dissertation situates both technologies within the broader framework of American industrial growth and expansion in the 19 th century. It demonstrates that uncertainty, mutual suspicion, and cautious experimentation, rather than systematic, linear development dominated the process by which railroad officials and telegraph promoters established working social, financial, and technological partnerships. When Samuel F.B. Morse demonstrated the first telegraph line in 1844, American railroad officials did not immediately perceive telegraphy as a useful tool for managing railroad operations, such as monitoring train locations, communicating with station agents and train crews, issuing operating instructions, and preventing collisions. Nor did American telegraph entrepreneurs understand how to successfully promote their new technology to railroad managers in the antebellum era. Only through a lengthy process of trial and error did users of both technologies gradually establish financial and technological ties. The first three chapters of the dissertation examine the role of social, technological, and economic agents in shaping partnerships between railroad officials and telegraph promoters in antebellum America. The fourth chapter examines how the development and growth of the United States Military Railroad and Telegraph Corps during the American Civil War revealed the underlying tensions between pro-telegraph and anti-telegraph railroad officials and led to compromises between military railroad and telegraph officials on how telegraph technologies would be used for railroad operational management during the conflict. The fifth and sixth chapters address how rapidly expanding railroad traffic in the postwar era forced civilian railroad officials to adopt telegraphic train dispatching technologies in a largely ad hoc manner. The rapid process of adoption led to inconsistent management practices and technological standards and increased the risk of deadly train collisions. These problems were only resolved at the end of the century through a slow standards-setting process directed by railroad officials from numerous companies. By the end of the 19 th century, railroad and telegraph officials established working technological and financial partnerships, but railroad managers never embraced telegraphic management practices. The rapid transition away from telegraphic train dispatching discussed in the final chapter highlights the lingering tensions between both industries in the early 20 th century and demonstrates that railroad officials remained concerned that telegraph technology could undermine strict managerial protocols and introduce unacceptable risks to railroad operations. These conclusions strike at the heart of the deterministic rhetoric of technological sublimity and show that neither technology possessed a natural affinity for the other, nor were they inherently linked as technological partners in American industrial development.
Author : R. Yorke Clarke
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Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Railway Appliances in the Nineteenth Century written by R. Yorke Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Dodd
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021986962
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (869 download)
Download or read book Railways, Steamers and Telegraphs written by George Dodd and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Dodd's fascinating examination of the cutting-edge technologies of the 19th century offers valuable insights into the ways in which transportation and communication were revolutionized by the Industrial Revolution. Readers will learn about the history of railways, steamships, and telegraphs, as well as the impacts these technologies had on society and the economy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Roland Wenzlhuemer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107025281
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World written by Roland Wenzlhuemer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing insight into the links between globalization and the technological advances in communication brought about by the telegraph network.
Author : Thomas C. Jepsen
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821413430
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)
Download or read book My Sisters Telegraphic written by Thomas C. Jepsen and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study also explores the surprising parallels between the telegraphy of the nineteenth century and the work of women in technical fields today. The telegrapher's work, like that of the modern computer programmer, involved translating written language into machine-readable code. And anticipating the Internet by over one hundred years, telegraphers often experienced the gender-neutral aspect of the "cyberspace" they inhabited."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Orlando Figes
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1627792155
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book The Europeans written by Orlando Figes and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture. The nineteenth century in Europe was a time of unprecedented artistic achievement. It was also the first age of cultural globalization—an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming the barriers of nationalism and facilitating the development of a truly European canon of artistic, musical, and literary works. By 1900, the same books were being read across the continent, the same paintings reproduced, the same music played in homes and heard in concert halls, the same operas performed in all the major theatres. Drawing from a wealth of documents, letters, and other archival materials, acclaimed historian Orlando Figes examines the interplay of money and art that made this unification possible. At the center of the book is a poignant love triangle: the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev; the Spanish prima donna Pauline Viardot, with whom Turgenev had a long and intimate relationship; and her husband Louis Viardot, an art critic, theater manager, and republican activist. Together, Turgenev and the Viardots acted as a kind of European cultural exchange—they either knew or crossed paths with Delacroix, Berlioz, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, the Schumanns, Hugo, Flaubert, Dickens, and Dostoyevsky, among many other towering figures. As Figes observes, nearly all of civilization’s great advances have come during periods of heightened cosmopolitanism—when people, ideas, and artistic creations circulate freely between nations. Vivid and insightful, The Europeans shows how such cosmopolitan ferment shaped artistic traditions that came to dominate world culture.
Author : Anton A. Huurdeman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471205050
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Worldwide History of Telecommunications written by Anton A. Huurdeman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of the Information Age... how we got there and where we are going The exchange of information is essential for both the organization of nature and the social life of mankind. Until recently, communication between people was more or less limited by geographic proximity. Today, thanks to ongoing innovations in telecommunications, we live in an Information Age where distance has ceased to be an obstacle to the sharing of ideas. The Worldwide History of Telecommunications is the first comprehensive history ever written on the subject, covering every aspect of telecommunications from a global perspective. In clear, easy-to-understand language, the author presents telecommunications as a uniquely human achievement, dependent on the contributions of many ingenious inventors, discoverers, physicists, and engineers over a period spanning more than two centuries. From the crude signaling methods employed in antiquity all the way to today’s digital era, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications features complete and fascinating coverage of the groundbreaking innovations that have served to make telecommunications the largest industry on earth, including: Optical telegraphy Electrical telegraphy via wires and cables Telephony and telephone switching Radio transmission technologies Cryptography Coaxial and optical fiber networks Telex and telefax Multimedia applications Broad in scope, yet clear and logical in its presentation, this groundbreaking book will serve as an invaluable resource for anyone involved or merely curious about the ever evolving field of telecommunications. AAP-PSP 2003 Award Winner for excellence in the discipline of the "History of Science"
Author : T. M. Simmons
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)
Download or read book Railways to the End of the Nineteenth Century written by T. M. Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stefan Berger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 140515232X
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Europe, 1789 - 1914 written by Stefan Berger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides an overview of European history during the 'long' nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914. Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns Covers both Eastern and Western European states, including Britain Pays considerable attention to smaller countries as well as to the great powers Compares particular phenomena and developments across Europe
Author : Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195051165
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Tentacles of Progress written by Daniel R. Headrick and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This penetrating examination of a paradox of colonial rule shows how the massive transfers of technology--including equipment, techniques, and experts--from the European imperial powers to their colonies in Asia and Africa resulted not in industrialization but in underdevelopment. Examining the most important technologies--shipping and railways, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany and plantation agriculture, irrigation, and mining and metallurgy--Headrick provides a new perspective on colonial economic history and reopens the debate on the roots of Asian and African underdevelopment.
Author : Valerie Fletcher
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Nineteenth Century Railways written by Valerie Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 964 pages
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