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The story of the telegraph and a history of the great Atlantic cable : a complete record of the inception, progress, and final success of that undertaking : a general history of land and oceanic telegraphs : descriptions of telegraphic apparatus, and biographical sketches of the principal persons connected with the great work by Charles F. Briggs and Augustus Maverick ; abundantly and beautifully illustrated
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Tr.3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Briggs, Charles Frederick, 1804-1877.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cables, Submarine--Atlan.
- Telegraph--Hist.
- Physical Description:
- 255, [3], 5, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., col. map, port ; 20 cm.
- Other Title:
- History of the great Atlantic ca
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Rudd & Carleton ., 1858.
- Notes:
- Spine title: The history of the telegraph.
- Title page vignette (publisher's device?) is word kitāb (book) in Arabic calligra
- Publisher's catalog: 8 p. at
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