Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER I THE MEDITERRANEAN CABLES
- CHAPTER II 1860–1863
- CHAPTER III THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA
- CHAPTER IV THE GREENWICH ELECTION
- CHAPTER V 1865–1869
- CHAPTER VI WEST INDIA CABLES
- CHAPTER VII 1873–1874
- CHAPTER VIII LAND TELEGRAPHS
- CHAPTER IX MINING
- CHAPTER X THE FIRE ALARM
- CHAPTER XI TELEPHONY
- CHAPTER XII ELECTRIC LIGHTING
- CHAPTER XIII RAILWAYS
- CHAPTER XIV VARIOUS EVIDENCE AND REPORTS
- CHAPTER XV THE PARIS EXHIBITION
- CHAPTER XVI THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
- CHAPTER XVII COLLEAGUES AND PUPILS
- CHAPTER XVIII VOLUNTEERING
- CHAPTER XIX FREEMASONRY
- CHAPTER XX THE NEEDLEMAKERS COMPANY
- CHAPTER XXI HOME LIFE AND RECREATIONS
- CHAPTER XXII DEATH AND FUNERAL
- CHAPTER XXIII SUMMARY
- APPENDIX I INVENTIONS
- APPENDIX II LETTERS FROM SIR CHARLES BRIGHT TO SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE
- APPENDIX III THE MALTA AND ALEXANDRA TELEGRAPH
- APPENDIX IV THE MAINTENANCE AND DURABILITY OF SUBMARINE CABLES
- APPENDIX V REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
- APPENDIX Va STANDARD UNIT OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
- APPENDIX VI THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA COMPANY
- APPENDIX VII THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA
- APPENDIX VIII THE TIMES ON BRIGHT'S SUCCESSFUL WORK
- APPENDIX IX TELEGRAPH TO THE EAST
- APPENDIX X THE INDIAN TELEGRAPHS
- APPENDIX XI PAPER BY SIR CHARLES BRIGHT ON “THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA AND ITS EXTENSION TO AUSTRALIA AND CHINA”
- APPENDIX XII THE PERSIAN GULF CABLES
- APPENDIX XIII REPORT OF SIR CHARLES BRIGHT AND MR. LATIMER CLARK
- APPENDIX XIV SIR CHARLES BRIGHT AND HIS CONSTITUENTS
- APPENDIX XV TELEGRAPH EXTENSION
- APPENDIX XVI WEST INDIAN CABLES
- APPENDIX XVII BANQUET IN HONOUR OF SIR CHARLES BRIGHT
- APPENDIX XVIII WEST INDIAN CABLE REPAIRS
- APPENDIX XIX THE WEST INDIA CABLES
- APPENDIX XX BRIGHT'S SERVIAN MINES
- APPENDIX XXI HOUSEHOLD TELEPHONES
- APPENDIX XXII RAILWAYS
- APPENDIX XXIII THE MACKAY-BENNETT ATLANTIC CABLES, 1882
- APPENDIX XXIV REPORT UPON THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ELECTRICITY IN PARIS, 1881
- APPENDIX XXV SIR CHARLES BRIGHT AS PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
- APPENDIX XXVa SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS AS PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, FROM THE TIMES
- APPENDIX XXVb SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
- APPENDIX XXVI A NOVEL HOLIDAY TRIP
- APPENDIX XXVII OBITUARY NOTICES AND LEADING ARTICLES ON THE OCCASION OF SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S DEATH AND FUNERAL
- INDEX
APPENDIX XX - BRIGHT'S SERVIAN MINES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER I THE MEDITERRANEAN CABLES
- CHAPTER II 1860–1863
- CHAPTER III THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA
- CHAPTER IV THE GREENWICH ELECTION
- CHAPTER V 1865–1869
- CHAPTER VI WEST INDIA CABLES
- CHAPTER VII 1873–1874
- CHAPTER VIII LAND TELEGRAPHS
- CHAPTER IX MINING
- CHAPTER X THE FIRE ALARM
- CHAPTER XI TELEPHONY
- CHAPTER XII ELECTRIC LIGHTING
- CHAPTER XIII RAILWAYS
- CHAPTER XIV VARIOUS EVIDENCE AND REPORTS
- CHAPTER XV THE PARIS EXHIBITION
- CHAPTER XVI THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
- CHAPTER XVII COLLEAGUES AND PUPILS
- CHAPTER XVIII VOLUNTEERING
- CHAPTER XIX FREEMASONRY
- CHAPTER XX THE NEEDLEMAKERS COMPANY
- CHAPTER XXI HOME LIFE AND RECREATIONS
- CHAPTER XXII DEATH AND FUNERAL
- CHAPTER XXIII SUMMARY
- APPENDIX I INVENTIONS
- APPENDIX II LETTERS FROM SIR CHARLES BRIGHT TO SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE
- APPENDIX III THE MALTA AND ALEXANDRA TELEGRAPH
- APPENDIX IV THE MAINTENANCE AND DURABILITY OF SUBMARINE CABLES
- APPENDIX V REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
- APPENDIX Va STANDARD UNIT OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
- APPENDIX VI THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA COMPANY
- APPENDIX VII THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA
- APPENDIX VIII THE TIMES ON BRIGHT'S SUCCESSFUL WORK
- APPENDIX IX TELEGRAPH TO THE EAST
- APPENDIX X THE INDIAN TELEGRAPHS
- APPENDIX XI PAPER BY SIR CHARLES BRIGHT ON “THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA AND ITS EXTENSION TO AUSTRALIA AND CHINA”
- APPENDIX XII THE PERSIAN GULF CABLES
- APPENDIX XIII REPORT OF SIR CHARLES BRIGHT AND MR. LATIMER CLARK
- APPENDIX XIV SIR CHARLES BRIGHT AND HIS CONSTITUENTS
- APPENDIX XV TELEGRAPH EXTENSION
- APPENDIX XVI WEST INDIAN CABLES
- APPENDIX XVII BANQUET IN HONOUR OF SIR CHARLES BRIGHT
- APPENDIX XVIII WEST INDIAN CABLE REPAIRS
- APPENDIX XIX THE WEST INDIA CABLES
- APPENDIX XX BRIGHT'S SERVIAN MINES
- APPENDIX XXI HOUSEHOLD TELEPHONES
- APPENDIX XXII RAILWAYS
- APPENDIX XXIII THE MACKAY-BENNETT ATLANTIC CABLES, 1882
- APPENDIX XXIV REPORT UPON THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ELECTRICITY IN PARIS, 1881
- APPENDIX XXV SIR CHARLES BRIGHT AS PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
- APPENDIX XXVa SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS AS PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, FROM THE TIMES
- APPENDIX XXVb SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
- APPENDIX XXVI A NOVEL HOLIDAY TRIP
- APPENDIX XXVII OBITUARY NOTICES AND LEADING ARTICLES ON THE OCCASION OF SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S DEATH AND FUNERAL
- INDEX
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- The Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil EngineerWith Which is Incorporated the Story of the Atlantic Cable, and the First Telegraph to India and the Colonies, pp. 576 - 579Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012