Project Gutenberg 2014-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 183 Bright, Charles, Sir 1863 1937 03031877 The Story of the Atlantic Cable Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Story of the Atlantic Cable" by Sir Charles Bright is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the ambitious and groundbreaking efforts to establish telegraphic communication across the Atlantic Ocean, exploring the technological challenges and the key figures involved in this monumental undertaking. At the start of the book, the author introduces the evolution of electric telegraphy, detailing its significance in modern civilization and the enormous technical challenges these pioneers faced in spanning the vast Atlantic. The opening chapters discuss early experiments with submarine cables, breakthroughs in insulation materials like gutta-percha, and the eventual conception of the Atlantic telegraph project initiated by notable figures such as Cyrus West Field, John Watkins Brett, and Charles Bright himself. This sets the stage for an in-depth exploration of the engineering marvels and struggles that characterized the laying of the transatlantic cable, which would ultimately change global communications forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46105/46105-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 56.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Transatlantic cables TK Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Engineering & Technology 412516 2025-09-18T14:28:04.822363 text/html 384272 2024-10-24T08:21:12 text/html 10042702 2025-09-18T14:28:14.855319 application/epub+zip 10026622 2025-09-18T14:28:06.772428 application/epub+zip 204847 2025-09-18T14:28:05.666341 application/epub+zip 10141315 2025-09-18T14:28:20.995314 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10073545 2025-09-18T14:28:12.592300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287109 2022-09-21T04:11:22.233180 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338400 2025-09-18T14:28:03.797373 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 338147 2024-11-28T06:25:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15934 2025-09-18T14:28:21.190339 application/rdf+xml 16073 2025-09-18T14:28:05.765354 image/jpeg 2100 2025-09-18T14:28:05.716322 image/jpeg 9444605 2025-09-18T14:28:05.228387 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog