The life story of the late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, civil engineer; with which is incorporated the story of the Atlantic cable, and the first telegraph to India and the colonies (1899)
Bright, Edward Brialsford, 1831-, Bright, Charles, 1863- · Westminster : A. Constable · leaf 123
ide, but rising more quickly to-wards the Irish shore. The entire proposed routewas marked by an oozy bottom, of which specimens VOL. I. 97 H SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT brought to the surface were shown under themicroscope to consist of the tiny shells of ani-malculse—^the indestructible outside… … SPECIMEN OF THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH PLATEAU{Magnified 17,000 tivies] ages, there grows constantly upwards a formationsimilar to the chalk cliffs of England, whichcontain the identical shells, deposited when thiscountry was submerged far below sea level, manythousands, perhaps millions,…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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