Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 214 Towers, Walter Kellogg 1888 Masters of Space Morse and the Telegraph; Thompson and the Cable; Bell and the Telephone; Marconi and the Wireless Telegraph; Carty and the Wireless Telephone Produced by Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Masters of Space" by Walter Kellogg Towers is a historical account written in the early 20th century that explores the evolution of long-distance communication. The book chronicles the monumental achievements of inventors like Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, and Guglielmo Marconi, showcasing how their innovations—from the telegraph to the telephone and wireless communication—transformed human connectivity and interaction. The opening of the book provides a vivid backdrop to the necessity and development of communication throughout history. Towers begins by discussing primitive signaling systems used by ancient civilizations, illustrating the immense human desire to share information across distances. He then delves into the seminal contributions of Morse and other key figures, detailing their struggles and triumphs in developing devices that would eventually bridge vast distances and link people across the globe. This introductory narrative sets the stage for a compelling journey through the innovative and often tumultuous world of communication technology, highlighting not only the inventions themselves but also the personalities behind them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Telephone Telegraph Radio Telegraph, Wireless Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937 Carty, John J. (John Joseph), 1861-1932 Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907 Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 TK Text Category: History - Other Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Engineering & Technology 360740 2025-08-05T15:11:36.315913 text/html 360654 360553 2024-11-05T17:13:43.703829 2023-10-06T05:10:36.387647 text/html text/html 202650 2025-08-05T15:11:43.088835 application/epub+zip 206503 2025-08-05T15:11:39.066859 application/epub+zip 187665 2025-08-05T15:11:37.988866 application/epub+zip 377252 2025-08-05T15:11:46.218837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348036 2025-08-05T15:11:42.403944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253915 2022-09-06T20:19:48.925286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334403 2025-08-05T15:11:35.884940 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 314646 2024-10-28T19:26:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18769 2025-08-05T15:11:46.346821 application/rdf+xml 13901 2025-08-05T15:11:38.486878 image/jpeg 3490 2025-08-05T15:11:38.238867 image/jpeg 199216 2025-08-05T15:11:36.343863 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog