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8 sty 2011 · In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell and his financial backer, Gardiner G. Hubbard, offered Bell's brand new patent (No. 174,465) to the Telegraph Company - the ancestor of Western Union. The President of the Telegraph Company, Chauncey M. DePew, appointed a committee to investigate the offer.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1876. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1875. In a 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District (s) of Georgia.
13 gru 2011 · As late as the summer of 1879, Orton's successor, Norvin Green, insisted that Western Union own “the larger share of the joint Company” to be set up by Bell and Western Union, or at least “an equal partnership in all Telephone inventions, franchises, and properties.”
15 sie 2017 · Western Union Did Things Right, And the West Got the Message. Work crews completed the transcontinental telegraph in short order. The first transatlantic telegraph cable, completed on August 5, 1858, made it possible for a New York or Chicago merchant to send a message to London, the gold capital of the world, in a matter of minutes.
14 wrz 2017 · “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” — Western Union internal memo, 1876
12 mar 2010 · A co gorsza, zagrożona rewolucyjnym wynalazkiem wielka kompania telegraficzna Western Union wynajęła i zaopatrzyła w środki, o jakich Bell mógł tylko marzyć, sławnego wynalazcę Thomasa ...
9 paź 2015 · Alexander Graham Bell, the tale goes, facing financial ruin and unending legal battles over the patent rights to the telephone, offered in 1876 to sell his patent to Western Union, the telegraph company, for $100,000. An internal committee memo describes the Western Union response:
