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The present work is in some respects a sequel to the PIONEERS OF ELECTRICITY, and it deals with the lives and principal achievements of those distinguished men to whom we are indebted for the introduction of the electric telegraph and telephone, as well as other marvels of electric science. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF THE TELEGRAPH II. CHARLES WHEATSTONE III. SAMUEL MORSE IV. SIR WILLIAM THOMSON V. SIR WILLIAM SIEMENS VI. FLEEMING JENKIN VII. JOHANN PHILIPP REIS VIII. GRAHAM BELL IX. THOMAS ALVA EDISON X. DAVID EDWIN HUGHES