A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . carefullylocked, lest the secret of the invention should be discov-ered by others. A boy named William Baxter, fifteen years old, wastaken from the shop to help Alfred Vail. For many monthsAlfred and Baxter worked together, sometimes day andnight. There was no such thing as telegraph wire in a MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH. 165 day when there were no telegraphs. But the ladies ofthat time wore a kind of high bonnet, which was called a sky-scraper, and a sort of wire was used to strengthenand stiffen
A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . carefullylocked, lest the secret of the invention should be discov-ered by others. A boy named William Baxter, fifteen years old, wastaken from the shop to help Alfred Vail. For many monthsAlfred and Baxter worked together, sometimes day andnight. There was no such thing as telegraph wire in a MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH. 165 day when there were no telegraphs. But the ladies ofthat time wore a kind of high bonnet, which was called a sky-scraper, and a sort of wire was used to strengthenand stiffen the fronts of such bonnets, whichproved to be the best to be had for the pur-pose of the new telegraph makers. Vail bought \\all the bonnet wire in the market. Vail made manv improvements in dM^lMorses machine. He also made the instru-ment Avrite, not with the zigzag marks usedby Professor Morse, but in dots and dashesfor letters, as you will see in the alphabetgiven on this page. Morse was busy get-ting his patent, and Professor Gale was ^^^aJ>^W^engaged in making the batteries. A-sKY-s^i^ ^, 0 A - — G L R w B II M S --- X C I -- N —- T — V D K 0 - - u Z !•: - P V & TELEGRAPHIC ALPHABET. Rat-tan, the long slender shoots of the East Indian cane. Min-i-a-ture, a small picture ; usually a small portrait on ivory. Profile[pro-file], a side-view of a face. In-stan-ta-ne-ous-ly, immediately;at once. Sketch-book, a book in which an artist makes hurried draw-ings. Com-pre-hend-ed, took in; understood. Pat-ent, a paperfrom a government giving an inventor the right to prevent other peoplefrom using his invention. Bat-ter-y, that part of the telegraph whichproduces the electricity. l66 MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH. Tell in your own words— About Morses early life. How he came to think of inventing a something of his struggles with did Vail come to take an interest in the invention?How did he get telegraphic wire ? xxvin. How the Telegraph became succe
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