Author: Gonon, E.
Title: Memorial of E. Gonon, Praying the Adoption of a System of Telegraphs to Be Established between the Cities of Washington and New York. January 30, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and Ordered to Be Printed
Description: [Washington, D.C.], Blair & Rives, printers, 1841. First edition. Removed. 5 pp. 8vo. 26th Congress, 2d session. Senate. Doc. no. 136. Gonon's was a semaphoric telegraph, which "Morse thought originally was an Electro-Magnetic Telegraph; but which afterwards turned out to be only a form of the common telegraph formerly in use." The issue came up in court cases over Morse's patents. E. Gonon was a Professeur de Telegraphic. A very good copy with light foxing.

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