The Story of the Atlantic Cable

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BY CHARLES BRIGHT F. R. S. E., A. M. Inst. C. E., M. I. E. E. AUTHOR OF SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, THE EVOLUTION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, 1837-1897, THE LIFE STORY OF SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT WITH FIFTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1903
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Copyright, 1903, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Published November, 1903
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THE jubilee of Submarine Telegraphy having lately been achieved, and that connected with the Atlantic cable being somewhat close at hand, it has been thought a suitable moment for the appearance of this little volume.
In these days when the substitution of submarine cables by wireless telegraphy systems is a subject of common talk, it may be well to pause for a moment and contemplate the period of time covered by the gradual evolution of old and existing methods which at length achieved the result we now enjoy—a practical commercial telegraphic system between all the nations of the world, and notably between the United Kingdom and America.