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A Thread across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
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A Thread across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
Author: Gordon, John Steele
Publisher: Simon &Schuster
Year: 2002
ISBN: 0743231279
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 239 pages. This book recounts the dream of one American business man, Cyrus Field, to revolutionise communications forever. His endevour joined joined America to Europe with the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable. It took a decade of effort, millions of dollars, the solution of innumerable technological problems and uncommon physical, financial, and intellectual courage to complete.
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