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The story of the telegraph, and a history of the great Atlantic cable 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

Title
The story of the telegraph, and a history of the great Atlantic cable [electronic resource] : 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 / by Charles F. Briggs and Augustus Maverick.
Author
Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877.
Publication
New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1858

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Additional Authors
Maverick, Augustus.
Description
1 online resource ([6], [9]-255, [2], 5 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 col. fold.)) : ill., col. fold. map, port.
Series Statement
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Uniform Title
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Subject
  • Telegraph > History
  • Transatlantic cables
Note
  • Publisher's advertising: [2], 5 p., 3rd and 4th count.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
OCLC
  • 85888443
  • NCCO2013740
Author
Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877.
Title
The story of the telegraph, and a history of the great Atlantic cable [electronic resource] : 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 / by Charles F. Briggs and Augustus Maverick.
Imprint
New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1858 (R. Craighead)
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author
Maverick, Augustus.
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