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
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER I FAMILY MEMOIRS
- CHAPTER II BOYHOOD
- CHAPTER III LAND TELEGRAPHS
- CHAPTER IV THE CABLE TO IRELAND
- CHAPTER V THE ATLANTIC CABLE, pages 91 to 255
- THE ATLANTIC CABLE, pages 255 to 407
- APPENDIX I THE BRIGHT PEDIGREE
- APPENDIX II THE FIRST BADSWORTH HUNT SONG
- APPENDIX III REPORT TO THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, 1853
- APPENDIX IIIA REPORT TO THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, 1854
- APPENDIX IV DETAILS RESPECTING THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
- APPENDIX V REMARKS AT FIRST PAPER ON SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY AT INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, 1857
- APPENDIX VI LEADING ARTICLE IN THE MORNING POST ON THE ATLANTIC CABLE EXPEDITION OF 1857
- APPENDIX VII OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE ATLANTIC CABLE EXPEDITION OF 1857
- APPENDIX VIII REMARKS ON PAPERS READ AT THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS IN 1858 CONCERNING SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY
- APPENDIX IX OFFICIAL REPORT ON SUCCESSFUL TERMINATION OF 1858 ATLANTIC CABLE EXPEDITION
- APPENDIX IXA CURRENTS OBSERVED DURING 1857–8 EXPEDITIONS
- APPENDIX IXB LEADING ARTICLE IN THE TIMES ON SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE, 1858
- APPENDIX X LETTER FROM SIR LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK CONCERNING PROPOSED NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH ROUTE
- APPENDIX XI LEADING ARTICLE IN THE MECHANICS MAGAZINE CONCERNING THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF H.M.S. BULLDOG AND STEAM YACHT FOX IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, 1860
- APPENDIX XII SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S PAPER READ BEFORE THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC CABLE PROJECT
- INDEX
- Submarine Telegraphs
CHAPTER II - BOYHOOD
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER I FAMILY MEMOIRS
- CHAPTER II BOYHOOD
- CHAPTER III LAND TELEGRAPHS
- CHAPTER IV THE CABLE TO IRELAND
- CHAPTER V THE ATLANTIC CABLE, pages 91 to 255
- THE ATLANTIC CABLE, pages 255 to 407
- APPENDIX I THE BRIGHT PEDIGREE
- APPENDIX II THE FIRST BADSWORTH HUNT SONG
- APPENDIX III REPORT TO THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, 1853
- APPENDIX IIIA REPORT TO THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, 1854
- APPENDIX IV DETAILS RESPECTING THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
- APPENDIX V REMARKS AT FIRST PAPER ON SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY AT INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, 1857
- APPENDIX VI LEADING ARTICLE IN THE MORNING POST ON THE ATLANTIC CABLE EXPEDITION OF 1857
- APPENDIX VII OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE ATLANTIC CABLE EXPEDITION OF 1857
- APPENDIX VIII REMARKS ON PAPERS READ AT THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS IN 1858 CONCERNING SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY
- APPENDIX IX OFFICIAL REPORT ON SUCCESSFUL TERMINATION OF 1858 ATLANTIC CABLE EXPEDITION
- APPENDIX IXA CURRENTS OBSERVED DURING 1857–8 EXPEDITIONS
- APPENDIX IXB LEADING ARTICLE IN THE TIMES ON SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE, 1858
- APPENDIX X LETTER FROM SIR LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK CONCERNING PROPOSED NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH ROUTE
- APPENDIX XI LEADING ARTICLE IN THE MECHANICS MAGAZINE CONCERNING THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF H.M.S. BULLDOG AND STEAM YACHT FOX IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, 1860
- APPENDIX XII SIR CHARLES BRIGHT'S PAPER READ BEFORE THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC CABLE PROJECT
- INDEX
- Submarine Telegraphs
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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. 17 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1898