Cyrus W. Field; His Life And Work
by Isabella Field Judson
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Judson, Isabella Field, 1846-
- Title
- Cyrus W. Field, His Life and Work [1819-1892]
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering
- Subject
- Cables, Submarine -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 43753
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43753
- Release Date
- September 16, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CYRUS W. FIELD HIS LIFE AND WORK [1819-1892]
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.CYRUS W. FIELD HIS LIFE AND WORK
- 5.CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND EARLY HOME LIFE (1819-1835)
- 6.CHAPTER II EARLY LIFE IN NEW YORK (1835-1840)
- 7.CHAPTER III MARRIAGE AND BUSINESS LIFE (1840-1853)
- 8.CHAPTER IV OUT OF DEBT—A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA (1853)
- 9.CHAPTER V THE FIRST CABLE (1853-1857)
- 10.CHAPTER VI THE FIRST CABLE (CONTINUED) (1857)
- 11.CHAPTER VII A FLEETING TRIUMPH (1858)
- 12.CHAPTER VIII FAILURE ON ALL SIDES (1858-1861)
- 13.CHAPTER IX THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1862)
- 14.CHAPTER X CAPITAL RAISED FOR THE MAKING OF A NEW CABLE—STEAMSHIP “GREAT EASTERN” SECURED (1863-1864)
- 15.CHAPTER XI THE FAILURE OF 1865
- 16.CHAPTER XII THE CABLE LAID—CABLE OF 1865 GRAPPLED FOR AND RECOVERED—PAYMENT OF DEBTS (1866)
- 17.CHAPTER XIII THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (1867-1870)
- 18.CHAPTER XIV INTERNATIONAL POLITICS—RAPID TRANSIT (1870-1880)
- 19.CHAPTER XV THE PACIFIC CABLE—THE GOLDEN WEDDING (1880-1891)
- 20.CHAPTER XVI LAST DAYS AND DEATH—IN MEMORIAM (1891-1892)
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