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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.
Page
1
Discovery
of
the
New
World
by
Columbus.
Relative
Position
of
the
Two
Hemispheres.
Nearest
Points--The
Outlying
Islands,
Ireland
and
Newfoundland.
Shorter
Route
to
Europe
suggested
by
Bishop
Mullock.
The
Electric
Telegraph
Company
of
Newfoundland.
Project
of
Mr.
F.
N.
Gisborne.
Failure
of
the
Company
CHAPTER
II.
Page
15
Mr.
Gisborne
comes
to
New
York.
Is
introduced
to
Cyrus
W.
Field,
who
conceives
the
Idea
of
a
Telegraph
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
Is
it
Practicable?
Two
Elements
to
be
mastered,
the
Sea
and
the
Electric
Current.
Letters
of
Lieutenant
Maury
and
Professor
Morse
CHAPTER
III.
Page
24
Mr.
Field
enlists
Capitalists
in
the
Enterprise.
Commission
to
Newfoundland
to
obtain
a
Charter.
The
New
York,
Newfoundland,
and
London
Telegraph
Company
CHAPTER
IV.
Page
38
The
Land-Line
in
Newfoundland.
Four
Hundred
Miles
of
Road
to
be
built,
a
Work
of
Two
Years.
Attempt
to
lay
a
Cable
across
the
Gulf
of
St.
Lawrence,
in
1855,
fails.
A
Second
Attempt,
in
1856,
is
successful
CHAPTER
V.
Page
51
Deep-Sea
Soundings
by
Lieutenant
Berryman
in
the
Dolphin
in
1853,
and
the
Arctic
in
1856,
and
by
Commander
Dayman,
of
the
British
Navy,
in
the
Cyclops,
in
1857.
The
Bed
of
the
Atlantic.
The
Telegraphic
Plateau
CHAPTER
VI.
Page
69
Mr.
Field
in
London.
The
English
Engineers
and
Electricians.
Result
of
Experiments.
The
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company
organized.
Applies
to
the
Government
for
Aid.
Contract
for
a
Cable
CHAPTER
VII.
Page
91
Mr.
Field
returns
to
America.
Seeks
Aid
from
the
Government.
Opposition
in
Congress.
Bill
passed
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