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
Seiten
2012
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-05288-7 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-05288-7 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
Preface; Introduction; 1. Family memoirs; 2. Boyhood; 3. Land telegraphs; 4. The cable to Ireland; 5. The Atlantic cable; Appendices; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.7.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Technology ; Volume 1 |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Plates, color; 17 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps; 63 Line drawings, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 670 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-05288-6 / 1108052886 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-05288-7 / 9781108052887 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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