The story of the telegraph and a history of the great Atlantic cable
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Author / Creator: | Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877. |
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Imprint: | New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1858. |
Description: | 255 p. : fold. map ; 19 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Making of America. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5124345 |
Other authors / contributors: | Maverick, Augustus. |
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Notes: | "A complete record of the inception, progress, and final success of that undertaking. A general history of land and oceanic telegraphs. Descriptions of telegraphic apparatus, and biographical sketches of the principal persons connected with the great work." Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 2000. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of Making of America IV: the American voice, 1850-1877. Mode of access: Internet. |
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