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 158
by the Committee. The matter was not, how-ever, considered to be serious, neither was it found soafterwards. ^ This particular type of iron sheathing was adoptedpartly at the suggestion of the late Mr. Isambard King-dom Brunei, F.R.S., one of the greatest engineers of the 12S THE ATLANTIC CABLE… … THK SHORE-END CABLE For each end approaching the shore, the sheath-ing (see illustration) consisted of twelve wires of day ; Mr. Glass also strongly recommended it. Nowadays,such wires would be considered too fine, besides thestranding being undesirable ; but at that time there wasgreat difficulty…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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