Masters of Space 



by Walter Kellogg Towers (1888 - 1931) 


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This is the story of talking at a distance, of sending messages through space. It is the story of 

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great men — Morse, Thomson, Bell, Marconi, and others — and how, with the aid of men like 

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Field, Vail, Catty, Pupin, the scientist, and others in both the technical and commercial fields, 

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they succeeded in flashing both messages and speech around the world, with wires and 

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without wires. It is the story of how the thought of the world has been linked together by those 

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modern wonders of science and of industry — the telegraph, the submarine cable, the 

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telephone, the wireless telegraph, and, most recently, the wireless telephone. (From Preface) - 

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Summary by Walter Kellogg Towers 

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Read by Librivox volunteers. Total running time: 05:55:41 

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Cover incorporates art by Christian Koeck (d. 1818) and summary text by Walter Kellogg 

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Towers (d. 1931). Copyright expired in U.S., Canada, EU. and all countries with author’s life 


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+70 yrs laws. Cover design by gargargarrick. This design is in the public domain. 

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