Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph
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- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book
Every Saturday, the principal demonstrated the newfangled devices then revolutionizing American business, and John was riveted by displays of a telegraph instrument (invented by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1837), galvanic batteries, and other modern contrivances.
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