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ISBN10: 1108052886, ISBN13: 9781108052887, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge] Softcover 2012. 2 volume set. Originally published by Archibald Constable in 1898. PP xix, 506; xi, 701. Frontispiece portrait plus b&w illustrations. "Sir Charles Tilston Bright (1832-88) was a renowned telegraph engineer, best known for his role in laying the first successful transatlantic cable in 1858, for which he was knighted. Bright later worked on the telegraph networks that would span not only the British Empire but the entire globe. Written by his brother Edward Brailsford Bright (1831-1913) and son Charles (1863-1937), both telegraph engineers who worked alongside him, this two-volume biography, first published in 1898, would do much to cement Bright's reputation as an electrical engineer, providing an insider account of telegraphy's formative years. Volume 1 traces Bright's career as an early employee of the world's first public telegraphy company, the Electric Telegraph Company, and his work on land and submarine cable telegraphy, culminating in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cables in the mid-nineteenth century. Volume 2 traces Bright's work on the burgeoning telegraph network, laying imperial cables to the Mediterranean, India, the West Indies, and further afield. Bright's significant contributions to the field of electrical engineering are also acknowledged in these pages, along with his personal qualitie ...
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Paperback / softback. New. Sir Charles Tilston Bright (1832-88) was chief engineer of the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable and subsequently worked on telegraph networks spanning the British Empire and the globe. Written by Bright's brother and son, this two-volume 1898 biography chronicles one of the foremost electrical engineers of the Victorian age. ISBN 1108052886 9781108052887 [GB]
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Line drawings, Maps. Cambridge Library Collection - Technology ; Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil Engineer 2 Volume Set . 80 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 1 map. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Line drawings, Maps. Cambridge Library Collection - Technology ; Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil Engineer 2 Volume Set . 80 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 1 map. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
ISBN10: 1108052886, ISBN13: 9781108052887, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Published in 1898, a two-volume biography of a Victorian electrical engineer who was an early pioneer in submarine cable telegraphy. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2012]
ISBN10: 1108052886, ISBN13: 9781108052887, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Published in 1898, a two-volume biography of a Victorian electrical engineer who was an early pioneer in submarine cable telegraphy. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2012]
ISBN10: 1108052886, ISBN13: 9781108052887, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Like New [liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]
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