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 340
soon ar-rived in Her Majestys gunboat Shamrock. Soon after our arrival a signal was receivedfrom the Niagara that they were preparing toland, having paid out 1,030 nautical miles of cable,while the Agamemnon had accomplished her por-tion of the distance with an expenditure of 1,020miles, making the… … 311 THE ATLANTIC CABLE the purpose of landing the end. But it was latein the afternoon before the procession of boatsleft the ship, under a salute of three rounds ofsmall arms from the detachment of marines onboard the AgainejniioUy under the command ofLieutenant Morris. The progress of the end to…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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