Circuits in the sea : the men, the ships, and the Atlantic cable /

Message time would be cut from more than four weeks to about two minutes. Such a feat would not have been possible without the massive ship the Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Britain's foremost engineer, or the financial backing of Thomas Brassey, the era's greatest bu...

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Main Author:	Hearn, Chester G (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Subjects:	Field, Cyrus W. > (Cyrus West), > 1819-1892. Great Eastern (Steamship) Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, > 1806-1859. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, > 1806-1859 Field, Cyrus W. > (Cyrus West), > 1819-1892 Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), > 1819-1897. Field, Cyrus W. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom. Transatlantic cables > History. Câbles sous-marins > Atlantique, Océan > Histoire. Transatlantic cables. Seekabel Geschichte Great Eastern > Schiff Atlantischer Ozean Transatlantische kabels. Submarine cables > Atlantic > History. Great Eastern (Steamship). History.
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by Hearn, Chester G.
Published 2004

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