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 390
eterred capitalists fromproviding the means for another cable, of suchlength in deep water. But there was an alternative route betweenthis country and America, by which the trans-mission of the electric current could be sub-divided into four comparatively short circuits:namely — from the extreme… … 8 V4 4. ^4 SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT really so; and the earths curvature is less inthose northern regions than between Ireland andNewfoundland. The distances were (varying alittle according to landing-places selected) ap-proximately :— miles. From the North of Scotland to Faroe Islands 225 ,, the…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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