Millington's "The Innovators": Summary

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of complete steamboats based upon individual and unique
combinations of a complex of elements all enjoyed a capacity for spatial
thinking". This shows that he himself was aware that success was as much a
function of application as it was of theory.

Another importuned development still paramount in toadies world,
whose influence will be felt indefinitely is the development of the
telegraph. Morse, through the advances of Henry in the field of
electromagnetism and its application was able to revolutionize the way
people would communicate. While Henry made important advances in
electricity and its ability to transmit a specific signal over long
distances, it took Morse to apply it to specific communication uses. While
"Henry believed that the role of science was to make discoveries and that a
mature science opened the door to practical application that would be
achieved as soon as society was ready to put through the technological
change. Inventors were men of action, accessory ...

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