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The author also wrote a sequel, Glimpses of Feverland , published in , describing the final three months of his voyage. A scanned PDF copy is available.
Washington, Government Printing Office, A review by the U. Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of New York: Arcade Publishing, A comprehensive and entertaining history of electricity, including the stories of Morse and Field and the Atlantic Cable. Norwalk: Burndy Library, An excellent overview of the story of the Atlantic Cable. View the entire text of the book on line at the Smithsonian Institution website.
To Wire the World Perry M. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, The Atlantic Telegraph click on title to see full text. New York: Press of the Chamber of Commerce, A report of the session of May 23d, , in which the painting by Daniel Huntington was presented to the Chamber of Commerce. History of the Atlantic Telegraph Reprint available from amazon. The early editions. Some useful background material on the wire rope companies which became the first manufacturers of submarine cables.
Click here to read my article on this topic. Cable history, cable ships, cable laying and repair. Royal Soc.
By the man who started it all. Victoria University, Toronto, has the Gisborne Archive. London, Macmillan, New York: Walker, A new account of the early cable history. Great North Atlantic Telegraph Route.
Gale Cutler, one of the commentators and someone who has himself written fictional case studies, has remarked that someone at a particular company was certain that one of his cases was based on something that had actually happened there. More commonly, the license to use a system prohibits the licensee from modifying the system which would at least void the warranty or distributing it to other parties; the software supplier retains the right to service, updates, or otherwise control modifications in the system. And who is to decide these questions? Rating details. The goal is to preserve natural beauty and other environmental values over-all, not necessarily to preserve specific trees.
An argument addressed to the U. Senate Committee on patents, etc.
In answer to the arguments filed on behalf of G. A long-running dispute on US cable insulation patent claims. The international system of communications in the nineteenth century] Available from Istituto di Studi Storici Postali. Italian language history of the beginnings of worldwide communications.
The author describes how three major developments led to the rise of a global economy by the end of the 19th century: the transport of mail on steamboats, the cutting of the Suez Canal, and submarine telegraphy. Westport, Praeger Publishers , pp. A detailed chronology of the Atlantic cable history with extensive notes and bibliography. Second edition Testing during fabrication, installation, and in fault.
The author was a member of the Royal Danish Engineers. Duxbury: The "Berne List". Nomenclature of the cables forming the underwater network of the globe. Drawn up according to official documents by the International Telegraphic Union. Image courtesy of Allan Green. A history of the British telegraph industry, with a chapter on the Atlantic cable. Images courtesy of the Ken Rosen Image Archive. Includes a useful history of each company, together with details of the stamps.
The Voice of Generations. A History of Communications in Newfoundland. A history from the first telegraph line to the present time. Chicago: American Technical Society, A brief up-to-date treatise on the electric telegraph, including the development of modern methods and equipment. Universal Telegraphic Enterprise.
London: Abelard-Schuman Ltd, A history of electrical communication from the invention of the telegraph through the telephone, with a good section on submarine telegraphy.
New York: Maver Publishing Company, Reprinted by Lindsay Publications Inc. Perhaps the best single book on telegraphy in general; includes a chapter on submarine telegraphy. London: Hamish Hamilton, The story of the transatlantic cables by a cable-man who spent 23 years in transatlantic telegraphy. Cologne, Germany: Westdeutscher Schriftenverein, Images courtesy of Bob Voss. A brief survey of current cable-laying procedures, with many illustrations. New York: T.
Strong, The first book on what would become the Atlantic Cable project. New York: D. Appleton, A detailed report of the and cables by the correspondent of the New York Herald, on board the Niagara. Montreal: John Lovell Son, A general history of the telegraph from a Canadian perspective. Incudes a page section on submarine telegraphy. Born in Scotland, the author was associated with the Canadian telegraph business for his entire career, beginning in The history of the unsuccessful competitor to the Atlantic cable. Facts and Observations Relating to the Invention of the Submarine Cable click on title to see full text.
A case for priority in the use of gutta-percha covered cable in the Dover-Calais, line. Window, below. The Story of Telecommunications Available from amazon.
Macon: Mercer University Press, An excellent overview of the field, currently available in paperback. Reprinted by Frank Jones, available from Artifax Books. Another excellent single-volume reference to telegraphy, with two chapters on submarine cables. Image courtesy of Bob Voss.
An early book on fiber optic submarine cable technology. The editors have compiled 43 technical articles on all aspects of undersea fiber optic cables. Boston: L. Folding map, 40 plates. The c. The book is largely a travelogue of the Philippine Islands, but contains some interesting descriptions of cable-laying.
From the introduction: "Life on a cable-ship would be a lotus-eating dream were it not for the cable. With 26 lithographs. One of the prime books, especially in describing the expedition. All the book's illustrations, together with Robert Dudley's original watercolour paintings on which they are based, may be viewed at the link. London: ; 48 pp. A review by the Secretary to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, describing the failings of earlier cables and their promoters and proposing methods of improvement.
Click on the title for the full text. Braunschweig, Germany: Book image courtesy of Jim Kreuzer. Washington, Government Printing Office: A survey of repeatered submarine telephone cables in service as of , created for the US Department of Commerce, Office of Telecommunication. A second edition was published in , and a third in Boston: Stratford Co, Two folding maps. The book is concerned mostly with policy and politics, but the appendices give useful details of the world cable industry, with 35 pages on cables and companies.
Victoria: Sono Nis Press , Memorial of Tal. Shaffner of Kentucky, praying for an amendment of the act of Congress approved March 3, , entitled "An act to expedite telegraphic communication for the uses of the government in its foreign intercourse," so that the subsidy granted by the said act shall be general in its application to all Atlantic ocean telegraph lines. Doc No. A technical manual by the proponent of the Northern telegraph route. Contains a good overview of the state of submarine telegraphy at the time of publication. A text on modern submarine cable systems.
The Scientific Works of C. William Siemens Partial table of contents. London: John Murray, , two volumes. II contains several papers on telegraphy and cables. In English and French, by a participant of the and expeditions. New York: McGraw Hill, Some good photographs of cable-laying equipment, and a prescient quote from "Some day, in the as yet inestimable future, a laser beam may simultaneously transmit more messages than all existing wires and radio waves put together". London: Eastern Associated Telegraph Companies, Includes chapters on cable manufacture, laying, and repairing.
Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Info and image courtesy of Jim Kreuzer. Atlantic Sentinel. The history of submarine cable communications in Newfoundland from to the present. London: William Brown, An address delivered before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, December 18th, Another edition of 31 pp. Los Angeles: Bedrock Press, N. His daughter, Eleanor Tucker who wrote Gospel stories under the name "Aunt Eleanor" re-tells his experiences in this book for young people.
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