Author: Charles Bright
Title: The Life Story of 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
Description: London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1908. Cloth. Revised and abridged edition of electrical engineer Charles Tilston Bright's autobiographical work. Revised and abridged edition. Autobiographical book on the life and work of Charles Tilston, British electrical engineer who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858, for which he received his knighthood. Also featuring the story of the installation of the Atlantic cable, and of the first telegraph to India and the colonies. Illustrated with frontispiece and further black and white illustrations in text. With six leaves of publisher's advertisements to rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, lightly marked to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean with only a hint of age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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