A 3-million-dollar failed expedition meant to expand this technology's use led to the death of naturalist Robert Kennicott and attracted William Seward's interest in Russian Alaska. Twelve pieces of infrastructure used for this technology were destroyed in the 1929 Grand Banks Earthquake near Newfoundland. A failed attempt 
A 3-million-dollar failed expedition meant to expand this technology's use led to the death of naturalist Robert Kennicott and attracted William Seward's interest in Russian Alaska. Twelve pieces of infrastructure used for this technology were destroyed in the 1929 Grand Banks Earthquake near Newfoundland. A failed attempt to develop infrastructure for this technology involved the ships HMS Agamemnon and USS Niagara. (*) Cyrus West Field financed a project that enabled a notable use of this technology by Queen Victoria and James Buchanan. This technology, a superior alternative to one co-invented by Charles Wheatstone, prompted the first laying of transatlantic cables. For 10 points, name this technology invented by Samuel Morse.
A 3-million-dollar failed expedition meant to expand this technology's use led to the death of naturalist Robert Kennicott and attracted William Seward's interest in Russian Alaska.
telegraphy [do not accept or prompt on “telephone”] &lt;WA, AmHist&gt;