INDEX.
Reading edition
A
Acoustic figures, 117
Alpine adventures of Professor Tyndall, 60
Alps, accidents on, 65
America, electrical discoveries in, 231;
first line of telegraph in, 273;
telegraph in (see Morse and Telegraph);
visit of Professor Tyndall to, 74
Ampère’s electrical discoveries, 91;
proposed telegraph, 134
Aqueous vapour and radiant heat, 44
Arago’s electrical discoveries, 91
Atlantic cable, 193, 276, 292
Automatic telegraph, Wheatstone’s, 199
B
Bain, Alexander, inventions claimed by, 160, 185, 305
Baltimore and Washington telegraph, 273
Batteries described—Volta’s, 88;
Grove’s, 89;
Daniell’s, 128
Beer disease, 53
Bible descriptions of nature, 6
Biographies, use of, xi., xiv.
Blackwall telegraph, 167, 173
Brewster, Sir David’s account of first telegraph, 150;
on vision, 210;
improvement of stereoscope, 212
Bridge, Wheatstone, 164
Bryant, W. Cullen, on Morse and his telegraph, 252, 316
C
Cables, earliest, 187, 269, 292
Calorescence, 47
Carlyle, Thomas, reminiscences of, 99
Celtic genius and science, 7
Channel cable, first, 187, 191
Charges for telegraphing, 181
China, telegraph to, 317
Clark, Latimer, on first English telegraph, 152;
on Wheatstone’s single-needle telegraph, 167;
on Wheatstone’s works, 229
Clock, Wheatstone’s electro-magnetic, 160
Clouds, experiments in producing, 49
Concertina, invention of, 120
Congress, American, and telegraph, 263, 270
Cooke, W. F., account of his first connection with telegraph, 150, 152;
dispute with Wheatstone about telegraph, 134, 138, 146;
efforts to extend telegraph, 173;
formation of Electric Telegraph Company, 183
Cruikshank, George, on first telegraph, 141
Cryptograph, invention of, 219
Crystals, formation of, 96;
magnetic properties of, 24
D
Daniell, Professor, on Wheatstone’s first telegraph, 149
Daniell’s constant battery, 128
Day, Professor J., electrical lectures, 234
Dial telegraphs, Wheatstone’s, 158, 196
Diamagnetism discovered, 23;
investigated by Tyndall and others, 24, 29, 33
Dynamic radiation of heat, 43
Dynamo machine, invention of, 206
E
Earth as return circuit, 171;
rotatory motion, 217
Earth’s magnetic force, 26
Electric currents, measurement of, 93, 163
Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
Electric Telegraph Company, formation of, 183
Electrical biographies, use of, xi.
Electrical heat and light, 89
Electricians, distribution of, xii., 231
Electricity, production of, 22, 88, 91, 94, 232;
force of, 163;
velocity of, 93
Ellsworth, Miss, connection with Morse telegraph, 272, 277
Enchanted lyre, Wheatstone’s, 111
Evolution, early days of Darwinian theory of, 97
Exploder, Wheatstone’s, 186
Explosion of mines by electricity, 185
F
Faraday’s associations with Professor Tyndall, 26, 30, 102;
electrical and magnetic discoveries, 23;
lecture on scientific theories, 32;
on Wheatstone’s telegraph, 198
Forbes, Professor J. D., on glaciers, 37, 40
Frankland, Dr., associated with Professor Tyndall, 15;
glacier theory by, 45
G
Gale, Professor, assisted Morse with telegraph, 249
Gases, radiation and absorption of heat by, 42;
sounding power of, 58
Gauss and Weber’s telegraph, 136
Germ theory, 51, 98
German scientists, 21, 27
Germany, science in, between 1840 and 1850, 16;
student life in, 17;
telegraph in, 136
Glacier phenomena, 38
H
Harmonium, Wheatstone’s improvements in, 123
Heat, radiant, investigation of, 42, 58
House, R. E., printing telegraph by, 306
I
Induced electricity, discovery of, by Faraday, 22
Inventions, popular accounts of origin of, 167;
Morse’s definition of, 280;
public appreciation of, 281, 302
Irish scientists, 7
J
Jackson, Dr., disputes with Morse origin of telegraph, 244, 256
K
Kaleidophone, 117
L
Light, velocity of, 125
Lightning conductors, 131
Longitude determined by telegraph, 287
M
Magnetic attraction, 28
Magnetic exploder, 186
Magnetisation of light, 93
Magnetism and diamagnetism, 23, 29;
of the earth, 26
Magnetism and electricity, 22, 91
Magnetism, mechanical theory of, 93
Magneto-electric machine, Wheatstone’s, 159
Magnets, interaction of, 91;
lengthened by electricity, 92
Marburg, student life in, 17
Measurement of electric currents, Wheatstone’s plans for, 124, 163
Metals, new, discovered by electric spark analysis, 127
Microphone, first use of word, 119
Morse alphabet, uses of, 307
Morse, Professor S. F. B.:
artist, how he became an, 236;
success as, 243;
why he ceased to be an, 279
Atlantic cable, connection with, 276, 292
birth and education of, 233
Congress’s action towards, 263, 270
death of, 320
difficulties in constructing his telegraph, 246;
in introducing it, 268, 281
electrical studies, 234, 242, 244
first line of telegraph constructed by, 273
funeral of, 321
honours conferred on, 308, 311
Jackson, Dr., controversy with, 244, 256
law-suits to protect patent rights, 303
London visited by, 236, 295
patents, 259, 265;
defence of, 303
pictures painted by, 237
photography, early connection with, 266
proscribed German student’s case, 253
rewards of, 309, 313
statue of, 315
telegraph, distinguishing features of, 279;
first conception of, 244;
first public description of, 260;
labours to improve, 247;
practical working of, 260;
public trial of, 268;
refusal of, by American Government, 283;
spread of, 284;
uses of, 286;
working of, 289
trial of first telegraph line, 277
submarine cable, first, 269, 276, 292
N
Needle telegraph, 143, 167
Niagara visited by Prof. Tyndall, 75
O
Ohm’s work and theory, 140
O’Shaughnessy, Dr., introduction of telegraph in India, 310
P
Palmerston, Lord, on telegraph, 194
Pasteur’s experiments with germs, 52
Photography, invention of, 266;
introduction of, 211, 267
Piz Morteratch, accident upon, 67
Polarised light, Wheatstone’s experiments, 222
Printing telegraph, Wheatstone’s, 161
Proscribed German student, Morse’s account of, 253
Pseudoscope, invention of, 216
Q
Queenswood College, 15
R
Railway mania of 1845, 13
Recording telegraph, Morse’s, 277, 290;
Wheatstone’s, 199
Relay, first accounts of, 141, 249
Resistance measurer, 163
Return circuit, 171
Revolution effected by electricity, ix.
Revolving mirror, uses of, 124
Rheostat, Wheatstone’s, 165
Ricardo, J. L., connection with telegraph, 183
Ronalds’s telegraph, 110
Rosa, Monte, ascent of, 61
Royal Institution, changes at, 84;
lectures by Tyndall at, 30, 38, 87
S
Scientific attainments, recognition of, in England, 35
Scientific discovery, the pursuit of, 79
Sea-water, varying tints of, 56
Semaphore telegraph, 180
Slaty cleavage, 36
Smoke respirator, invention of, 54
Sound, transmission of, 56;
Wheatstone on, 116
Sounder, the Morse, 291
Spectrum analysis of electric spark, 127
Standards, electrical, 164
Steinheil’s telegraph, 136
Stereoscope, invention of, 210;
improvement of, 212;
principle of, 215
Submarine cables, earliest experiments with, 187, 269, 276, 292
T
Tawell, murderer, apprehended by use of telegraph, 178
Telegraph, adoption of, by public, 173, 283
automatic telegraph of Wheatstone, 199
cables, earliest, 189, 269, 292;
illustration of working, 95
charges for, 181
dial, invented by Wheatstone, 158;
improvement of, 196
early forecasts of, 106;
early achievements of, 173, 277, 284
electro-magnetic, Morse’s, 248, 277, 290;
Wheatstone’s, 158
extension of, 173, 181, 284, 292
history of, 134, 144, 153, 173, 244, 260, 282, 292
idea and invention of, 105, 244
longitude ascertained by, 287
Morse’s recording, 244, 260, 280, 290
needle, 143, 167
origin of, 134, 138, 142, 150, 244, 292
pedigree of, 108
recording, 199, 246, 260, 268, 277, 290
relay, 141, 249
sounder, the Morse, 290
Wheatstone’s first needle, 143;
dial, 158;
printing, 161;
recording automatic, 199
Telephone, first, 115
Thermo-electric pile, 129, 205
Thermometers, self-registering, 221
Tyndall, Professor J.:
ancestors of, 3
anecdotes of, 34, 93, 97
birth and education of, 4
daring experiment by, 47
description of, by George Ripley, 72
diamagnetism, explanation of, 24, 29
duty, sense of, 19
endowments for scientific purposes, 80
Faraday, associations with, 26, 30, 102
Germany, student life in, 17, 21
German scientific friends of, 21, 26
investigation of diamagnetism, 24, 29;
germs, 51, 98;
glacier phenomena, 38;
radiant heat, 42, 58;
sea-water tints, 56;
slaty cleavage, 36;
sound, 56
marriage of, 86
Ordnance Survey joined, 9
Pasteur, remarks on, 52
pecuniary assistance declined by, 20, 102
Presidential address to British Association, 81
Professor of Natural Philosophy, appointed, 31
radiant heat, on, 42, 58
railway surveying by, 12
reminiscences of Thomas Carlyle, 99
Royal Institution, at, 30, 85
scientific adviser to Trinity House, 102
scientific examiner at Woolwich, 35
smoke respirator, invention of, 54
teaching at Queenswood College, 15;
elsewhere, 96
travels of, in the Alps, 60;
at Vesuvius, 70;
in America, 71, 74
vindication of scientific education, 35.
working habits, 12
youthful studies, 8, 10, 21
V
Velocity of electricity, 93, 124;
of light, 125
Vesuvius, visited in 1868, 70
Vision, Wheatstone’s elucidations of, 210
Voltaic battery described, 88;
discovered, 110
W
West, Benjamin, associated with Morse, 236
Wheatstone, Professor Charles:
birth of, 111
bridge, 164
cryptograph, 219
death and funeral, 228
deciphering secret document, 220
dispute with W. F. Cooke about telegraph, 134, 138, 146, 153
electricity, first studies in, 123
enchanted lyre of, 111
harmonium improvements, 123
honours conferred on, 166, 226
invention of chronoscope, 162;
concertina, 120;
cryptograph, 219;
dynamo, 206;
electric clock, 160;
enchanted lyre, 111;
kaleidophone, 117;
magnetic exploder, 186;
magneto-electric machine, 159;
polar clock, 223;
pseudoscope, 216;
stereoscope, 210;
telegraph, 134 (see Telegraph);
thermometers, 221
inventions, periodicity of, 223
investigation of algebra, 224;
Chladni figures, 117;
earth’s motion, 217;
mental philosophy, 117;
musical instruments, 120;
polarised light, 222;
sound, 116, 118;
submarine cables, 187;
submarine explosions, 185;
thermo-electric pile, 129, 205;
tone, 224;
vision, 210
investigations, latest and incomplete, 224
lightning conductors, opinions on, 131
magnetic exploder, 186
measurement of force of electric currents, 163
originality of his telegraph, 134, 138, 144
patents of, 142, 154, 160, 167, 196
peculiarities of, 225
Professor of Experimental Physics at King’s College, 123
revolving mirror, 124
speaking machines, improvements in, 117
spectrum analysis of electric light, 127
submarine cables, early experiments with, 187
telegraph, diagram of first, 141;
history of, 144, 153;
origin of, 134, 138, 142, 153
telegraphic instruments, automatic, 199;
dial, 158, 196;
needle, 141, 145, 167;
printing, 161
thermo-electric pile, 129, 205
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