  CHAPTER I. THE BARRIER OF THE SEA. CHAPTER II. CAN THE OCEAN BE SPANNED? CHAPTER III. THE COMPANY ORGANIZED. CHAPTER IV. CROSSING NEWFOUNDLAND. CHAPTER V. THE DEEP-SEA SOUNDINGS. CHAPTER VI. THE WORK BEGUN IN ENGLAND. CHAPTER VII. SEEKING AID FROM CONGRESS. CHAPTER VIII. THE EXPEDITION OF 1857. CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST EXPEDITION OF 1858. CHAPTER X. THE SECOND EXPEDITION SUCCESSFUL. CHAPTER XI. EXCITEMENT IN AMERICA. CHAPTER XII. DID THE FIRST CABLE EVER WORK? CHAPTER XIII. CAST DOWN, BUT NOT IN DESPAIR. CHAPTER XIV. THE EXPEDITION OF 1865. CHAPTER XV. PREPARING TO RENEW THE BATTLE. CHAPTER XVII. RECOVERY OF THE LOST CABLE. APPENDIX. INSTRUMENTS FOR SIGNALLING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. Title: The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph Author: Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Stephen H. Sentoff, |
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FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN. Crown 8vo, $2.00.
FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN. Crown 8vo, $2.00.
ON THE DESERT. Crown 8vo, $2.00.
AMONG THE HOLY HILLS. With a map. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
THE GREEK ISLANDS, and Turkey after the War. With illustrations and maps. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
OLD SPAIN AND NEW SPAIN. With map. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
BRIGHT SKIES AND DARK SHADOWS. With maps. Crown 8vo, $1.50
The set, 7 vols., in a box, $12.00.
OUR WESTERN ARCHIPELAGO. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $2.00.
THE BARBARY COAST. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $2.00.
GIBRALTAR. Illustrated. Small 4to, $2.00.
THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50.
Cyrus W. Field.
THE STORY
OF THE
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
"Since the discovery of Columbus, nothing has been done in any degree comparable to the vast enlargement which has thus been given to the sphere of human activity."
—The Times, August 6th, 1858.
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1898
Copyright, 1892, by
HENRY M. FIELD.
Press of J. J. Little & Co.
Astor Place, New York
