The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
by Henry M. Field
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About this eBook
- Author
- Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1822-1907
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Stephen H. Sentoff, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( www.archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering
- Subject
- Transatlantic cables
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 34765
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34765
- Release Date
- December 27, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Stephen H. Sentoff, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( http://www.archive.org ) — THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I. THE BARRIER OF THE SEA. — FOOTNOTES:
- 5.CHAPTER II. CAN THE OCEAN BE SPANNED? — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.CHAPTER III. THE COMPANY ORGANIZED. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.CHAPTER IV. CROSSING NEWFOUNDLAND. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAPTER V. THE DEEP-SEA SOUNDINGS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER VI. THE WORK BEGUN IN ENGLAND. — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CHAPTER VII. SEEKING AID FROM CONGRESS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE EXPEDITION OF 1857. — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST EXPEDITION OF 1858. — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.CHAPTER X. THE SECOND EXPEDITION SUCCESSFUL. — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.CHAPTER XI. EXCITEMENT IN AMERICA. — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.CHAPTER XII. DID THE FIRST CABLE EVER WORK?
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. CAST DOWN, BUT NOT IN DESPAIR.
- 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE EXPEDITION OF 1865. — FOOTNOTES:
- 18.CHAPTER XV. PREPARING TO RENEW THE BATTLE.
- 19.CHAPTER XVI. VICTORY AT LAST. — FOOTNOTES:
- 20.CHAPTER XVII. RECOVERY OF THE LOST CABLE. — FOOTNOTES:
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE AFTERGLOW. — FOOTNOTES:
- 22.APPENDIX. INSTRUMENTS FOR SIGNALLING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
- 23.Transcriber's Note.
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