Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil Engineer - With Which Is Incorporated Story of Atlantic Cable, First Telegraph

Klappentext Published in 1898, a two-volume biography of a Victorian electrical engineer who was an early pioneer in submarine cable telegraphy. Zusammenfassung Sir Charles Tilston Bright (1832–88) was chief engineer of the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable and subsequently worked on telegraph networks spanning the British Empire and the globe. Written by Bright's brother and son, this two-volume 1898 biography chronicles one of the foremost electrical engineers of the Victorian age. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Mediterranean cables; 2. 1860-3; 3. The telegraph to India; 4. The Greenwich election; 5. 1865-99; 6. West India cables; 7. 1873-4; 8. Land telegraphs; 9. Mining; 10. The fire alarm; 11. Telephony; 12. Electric lighting; 13. Railways; 14. Various evidence and reports; 15. The Paris Exhibition; 16. The Institute of Electrical Engineers; 17. Colleagues and pupils; 18. Volunteering; 19. Freemasonry; 20. The Needlemakers Company; 21. Home life and recreations; 22. Death and funeral; 23. Summary; Appendices; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Charles Bright, Edward Brailsford Bright, Edward Brailsford Bright Bright
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.07.2012
• EAN: 9781108052894
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05289-4
• Pagine: 720
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie