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Excerpt from Compendium of the Improvements Effected in Electric Telegraphs These remarks to show that the apparatus em ployed for the magnetic needle telegraph now in use, is complex in its formation, diffi cult in its operations, continually liable to dis-arrangement, costly in its construction, and uncertain in its use: and that the principles of the electric telegraph of Messrs. Brett and little are based on simplicity, facility in working, little chance of accident, and great economy. N 0 human inventions are complete at first; and while the palm of merit is most deservedly due to those pioneers in science whose mental and physical exertions first introduce to public notice, pub lic use, and public benefit, any new discovery, it does not follow that we are to be bound to the crude and imperfect means by which certain results are in the first instance obtained; but the arena is then open, and it is for the national benefit, that the inventive genius of man should be cherished and encouraged, through which alone has emanated all the great mechanical improvements for which this country stands so proudly pre-eminent: always, however, is it the case that in the introduction of any new invention, numerous difficulties and obstacles to their advancement have to be overcome; the clashing of individual interests, settled con nections, existing prejudices, and the influence of powerful companies, have to be contended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

First published in 1880, this is a catalogue of over 13,000 titles kept by the Society of Telegraph Engineers.