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 163
, the pioneer,Atlantic cable, as well as general descriptions of the 133 SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT machinery employed, and some of these sketches arereproduced from their pages by kind permissionof the proprietors. Finally, we have here an illustration of the cablebeing coiled down, as fast as… … MR. (now sir SAMUEL) CANNING ready for the expedition. First of all, as his chiefassistant, he secured the services of Mr. SamuelCanning, who had laid the Gulf of St. LawrenceCable, for Messrs. Glass & Elliot, in the pre-ceding year. The next place was filled by Mr.William Henry Woodhouse, who…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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