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Alfred Vail

(Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859)

Alfred Lewis Vail (1807–1859), American inventor. Copy of 1853 Daguerrotype, published in 1912. Original owned by his son, James Cumming Vail, then residing in Morristown, New Jersey.

Alfred Lewis Vail (September 25, 1807 – January 18, 1859) was an American machinist and inventor. Along with Samuel Morse, Vail was central in developing and commercializing American electrical telegraphy between 1837 and 1844. (From Wikipedia)

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Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph: now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore. Illustrated by fourteen wood engravings. (Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, 1845), by Alfred Vail and J. & G.S. Gideon (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

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Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859: Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph, Now In Operation Between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore (Washington: J. and G. S. Gideon, 1845) (multiple formats at archive.org)

Additional books by Alfred Vail in the extended shelves:

Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859: The American electro magnetic telegraph: with the reports of Congress. (Lea & Blanchard, 1847) (page images at HathiTrust)
Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859: The American electro magnetic telegraph: with the reports of Congress, and a description of all telegraphs known, employing electricity or galvanism. (Lea & Blanchard, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859: The American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: With the Reports of Congress, and a Description of All Telegraphs Known, Employing Electricity or Galvanism (Gutenberg ebook)
Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859: The decision of the great telegraph suit of Samuel F. B. Morse and Alfred Vail, vs. Francis O.J. Smith, in the Superior court of the state of New York for the city and county of New York. (I. Berry, printer, 1858), also by New York (State). Superior Court (New York), Murray Hoffman, Francis O. J. Smith, and Samuel Finley Breese Morse (page images at HathiTrust)
Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859: Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph: now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore. Illustrated by fourteen wood engravings. (Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, 1845), also by J. & G.S. Gideon (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859: Early history of the electro-magnetic telegraph from letters and journals of Alfred Vail (Hine brothers, 1914), also by James Cummings Vail (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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