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Samuel F. B. Morse:
The Creator as Artist and Scientist
by Patrick Ruckert and Hunter Cobb
Contents
Part I: Samuel F. B. Morse: The Man, The Artist and His Life
Introduction
I. Samuel F. B. Morse: The Artist
The World of the Early 1800s
Samuel Morse’s World
Samuel’s Father: Jedediah Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse– The Early Years
Back in the United States
Morse in Europe
II. Samuel F. B. Morse: The Inventor of the Telegraph
The Idea Becomes a Mission
Creating a Telegraph
Morse: A Pioneer of Photography
Finally, a Telegraph is Built
III. Samuel F. B. Morse: The Politician
His Father’s Legacy
Slavery and Abolition: Morse, and the Nation, Shift
The Death of James Fenimore Cooper
The Trans-Atlantic Telegraph
The U.S. Civil War
IV. Samuel F. B. Morse: The Final Years
Morse Bids Farewell to the Children of the Telegraph
The Author’s final comment
Part II. A Brief History of Electricity and the Role of Samuel F. B. Morse
Introduction
Demonstration #1: Static electric attraction
Demonstration #2: The Leyden jar
Demonstration #3: The Voltaic battery with pennies and nickels
Demonstration #4: The deflection of a compass needle by a current in wire
Demonstration #5: A simple electromagnet
Demonstration #6: A simple telegraph
Demonstration #7: An electric current produced by a magnet moving through a wire coil
Bibliography
Notes
Special Note to the Readers of this report: This report was presented to an audience in Los Angeles on March 29, 2014, and is available on You Tube. We recommend that the reader watch at least Part II of the video in order to follow the demonstrations. Part II begins at one hour thirty minutes into the video. The link is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWqObyLYeyk&feature=em-share_video_user
