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 150
er,M.F., has since been created a baronet—no doubt largelyin recognition of his fathers services to submarine tele-graphy and to his country. 122 THE ATLANTIC CABLE Professor William Thomson, of Glasgow, nowLord Kelvin, G.C.V.O., F.R.S., also was a towerof scientific strength on the Board. He had… … PROF. WILLIAM THOMSON, F.R.S. {nOW LORD KELVIN). to prove of vast importance in influencing thedevelopment of trans-oceanic communication; forhis subsequent experiments on the Atlantic Cableduring 1857-58 led up to his invention of themirror galvanometer and signalling instrument,whereby the most…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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