The Story of The Atlantic Cable
by Sir Charles Bright
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bright, Charles, Sir, 1863-1937
- Title
- The Story of the Atlantic Cable
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering
- Subject
- Transatlantic cables
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 46105
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46105
- Release Date
- June 26, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE — PREFATORY NOTE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 2.PART I — INTRODUCTORY
- 3.PART II THE PIONEER LINE — CHAPTER I EVOLUTION OF ATLANTIC TELEGRAPHY IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND — CHAPTER II THE MANUFACTURE OF THE LINE — CHAPTER III THE FIRST START — CHAPTER IV PREPARATIONS FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT — CHAPTER V THE TRIAL TRIP — CHAPTER VI THE STORM — CHAPTER VII THE RENEWED EFFORT — CHAPTER VIII “FINIS CORONAT OPUS” — CHAPTER IX THE CELEBRATION — CHAPTER X WORKING THE LINE — CHAPTER XI THE INQUEST
- 4.PART III INTERMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE AND ADVANCE — CHAPTER XII OTHER PROPOSED ROUTES — CHAPTER XIII EXPERIENCE, INVESTIGATION, AND PROGRESS
- 5.PART IV COMMERCIAL SUCCESS — CHAPTER XIV THE 1865 CABLE AND EXPEDITION — CHAPTER XV SECOND AND SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT — CHAPTER XVI RECOVERY AND COMPLETION OF THE 1865 CABLE — CHAPTER XVII JUBILATIONS — CHAPTER XVIII SUBSEQUENT ATLANTIC LINES — CHAPTER XIX ATLANTIC CABLE SYSTEMS OF TO-DAY
- 6.FOOTNOTES:
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