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 176
our illustration—and sat on the water like ayacht, although as much as 375 feet long and 56feet beam—utterly unlike the then recognised ideas the cable when short of men. This ingenious contrivanceis fully described in the Patent Specification No. 990, A.D.1857, bearing his name. As it turned out,… … 147 THE ATLANTIC CABLE of a great vessel of war/ She had been con-structed by George Steers, and somewhat on thelines of the famous yacht America, which he hadthen recently built. The latter had beaten all ourbest at Cowes, and had carried off that challengecup to the States which Lord Dunraven and…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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