The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

Henry Martyn Field, american author and clergyman (1822-1907)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- PREFACE

-04- THE BARRIER OF THE SEA

-05- CAN THE OCEAN BE SPANNED

-06- THE COMPANY ORGANIZED

-07- CROSSING NEWFOUNDLAND

-08- THE DEEP-SEA SOUNDINGS

-09- THE WORK BEGUN IN ENGLAND

-10- SEEKING AID FROM CONGRESS

-11- THE EXPEDITION OF 1857

-12- THE FIRST EXPEDITION OF 1858

-13- THE SECOND EXPEDITION SUCCESSFUL

-14- EXCITEMENT IN AMERICA

-15- DID THE FIRST CABLE EVER WORK

-16- CAST DOWN, BUT NOT IN DESPAIR

-17- THE EXPEDITION OF 1865

-18- PREPARING TO RENEW THE BATTLE

-19- VICTORY AT LAST

-20- RECOVERY OF THE LOST CABLE

-21- THE AFTERGLOW

-22- APPENDIX