| The Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil Engineer - Volume 1 Contributor(s): Bright, Edward Brailsford (Author), Bright, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108052886 ISBN-13: 9781108052887 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $65.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | History - Technology & Engineering | Mechanical |
| Dewey: 621.109 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.48 lbs) 536 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sir Charles Tilston Bright (1832-88) 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 (1831-1913) and son Charles (1863-1937), 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. Volume 1 traces Bright's career as an early employee of the world's first public telegraphy company, the Electric Telegraph Company, and his work on land and submarine cable telegraphy, culminating in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cables in the mid-nineteenth century. |