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 426
om the Bay of Hearts Content, just after re-ceiving a summary of the news in The Timesof that morning, the tests showed a fault in thecable. The mischief was soon found to be onboard the ship; and the faulty portion havingbeen cut out, paying-out again proceeded, finish-ing the same day at eleven… … 597 THE ATLANTIC CABLE menced in 1865, was 1,896 miles; average depth,1,900 fathoms. The main feature and accomplishment in con-nection with the second and third Atlantic cables,of 1865 and 1866, was the recovery of theformer in deeper water than had ever been be-fore effected, and in the open…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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