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 162
ir manager, Mr. Statham. An ideaof this operation as performed in those days maybe gathered from the accompanying illustration. 132 THE ATLANTIC CABLE Similarly, at the Greenwich Works both Mr. (after-wards Sir Richard Atwood) Glass, and Mr. (after-wards Sir George) Elliot were indefatigable in… … APPLYING THE IKON SHEAIHING WlRr.S[From The Illustrated London News] head. The view here shows the sheathing opera-tion—i.e. the application of the stranded iron wire—as carried out during the construction of thiscable. The 1 lltistrated Lo?idon News published a num-ber of views of the manufacture…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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