The Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil Engineer Volume 1
The Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil EngineerWith Which is Incorporated the Story of the Atlantic Cable, and the First Telegraph to India and the Colonies\nAuthor(s): Edward Brailsford Bright, Charles Bright\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108052887, 978-1108052887\nSynopsis\nSir Charles Tilston Bright [tel] 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 [tel] and son Charles [tel], 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. .
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