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 76
ica, 8th edition, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S.,referred to this as the best idea for a single telegraphicinsulator. 50 LAND TELEGRAPHS employed now, as then, for terminations, and when-ever the wire has to be taken at an angle—overhouses for instance, round a corner, or in anycase where great strains are… … BRIGHT S TELEGRAPH POST Next we have the vacuum—or rather, rarefiedair—lightning protector, for guarding telegraphlines and apparatus. This has since been—un-wittingly, of course—re-patented several times invarious forms. 51 SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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