A Story of the Telegraph

Published in Montreal in 1905, A Story of the Telegraph traces the development of telegraphic communication from the early electric telegraph through the expansion of wired networks, submarine cables and the emerging technology of wireless telegraphy.

The book combines historical accounts with biographical sketches of important scientists, inventors and pioneers of telegraphy. It examines the development of telegraph systems in Britain, the United States and Canada before turning to submarine cables and the new possibilities of wireless communication.

This historical work was written by John Murray of Montreal, a different author from the John Murray who wrote A Kaleidoscope of Life.