Making Inventions Reality

Paper Summary:

The paper explains how the idea of running a telegraph cable all the way from North America to England became a reality in spite of many challenges along the way. The paper then discusses the process of an invention today that involves several official steps. The paper posits that the first transatlantic cable demonstrated that even supposed failures provide the knowledge needed to make a project a success in the end. The paper also specifies the attributes one needs to have in order to become a successful inventor.

History of the Project
To Dream a Dream

From the Paper:

"The telegraph was a marvelous invention that allowed people to communicate at speeds never thought possible. When Samuel Morse first invented the telegraph, America was soon blanketed with a network of telegraph lines (Leinhard). One of the first lines laid went under the New York Harbor. This task presented a host of challenging engineering problems (Leinhard). However, by 1851 a telegraph spanned the English Channel (Leinhard). These feats proved that even though this was a tricky task, to say the least, it was not an impossible one. This led inventors to dream big and soon the idea that a cable could be laid that would span the Atlantic ocean, connecting North America with Europe was born. This is the story of how that dream became a reality."

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