 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1875 - 876 halaman
...touch at one extremity and the spark at the other. At this point Mr. Morse interposed the remark, " If the presence of electricity can be made visible...be transmitted instantaneously by electricity." The conversation went on. But the one new idea had taken complete possession of the mind of Mr. Morse.... | |
 | 1880 - 648 halaman
...appears to heve occurred to Morse — " if the presence of electricity can be made visible in any pirt of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may...not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity," and thenceforth the train of ideas gradually gathered until the outcome was the telegraph. Tho voyage... | |
 | 1890 - 1120 halaman
...any known length of wire. At this point, Mr. Morse, remembering the lesson of his instructor at Vale, remarked, ' If the presence of electricity can be...not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.' Somehow, the utterance of the thought of such an employment for the electric current aroused at once,... | |
 | Van Buren Denslow, Permelia Jane Marsh Parker - 1887 - 162 halaman
...instantly over any length of wire." The idea of a recording telegraph quickened in Morse's brain. " If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit," he said, " I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted by electricity." A new train of... | |
 | 1890 - 798 halaman
...York. That passage marked an epoch in American progress. Morse said in conversation at this time, " If the presence of electricity can be made visible...not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity." He thought the subject over. He took his note-book from his pocket and thought out his alphabet of... | |
 | Scotch-Irish Society of America - 1892 - 418 halaman
...interest by several parties. At a particular point in' the conversation Mr. Morse interposed the remark: "If the presence of electricity can be made visible...not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity." Promiscuous conversation went on. But the one new idea had taken complete possession of the mind of... | |
 | Murat Halstead, J. Frank Beale - 1892 - 502 halaman
...lecture of Professor Day had .a wonderful effect on Morse's mind. He says of that lecture: "The fact that the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit was the crude seed which took root in my mind and grew into form and finally ripened into the invention... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1896 - 638 halaman
...touch at one extremity and the spark at the other. At this point Mr. Morse interposed the remark, ' If the presence of electricity can be made visible...be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.' The conversation went on. But the one new idea had taken complete possession of the mind of Mr. Morse.... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1899 - 418 halaman
...current of electricity you make a spark ; break it again and you make more sparks. ' Now,' says he, ' if the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit I can see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted by electricity.' " " Transmitting intelligence... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry - 1900 - 318 halaman
...day at the dinner table, the conversation turned to the subject of electro-magnetism. Professor Morse remarked: " If the presence of electricity can be...no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted by electricity." His mind could think of nothing else; this one idea had taken complete possession... | |
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If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity. 
