The Atlantic Telegraph (1865)

The Atlantic Telegraph (1865) PDF Author: Sir William Howard Russell
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
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Category : Transatlantic cables
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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The Atlantic Telegraph (1865)

The Atlantic Telegraph (1865) PDF Author: Sir William Howard Russell
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
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Category : Transatlantic cables
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Cyrus Field's Big Dream

Cyrus Field's Big Dream PDF Author: Mary Morton Cowan
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 1684371422
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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A NSTA Best STEM Book Explore the extraordinary achievement of Cyrus Field and one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: laying a transatlantic telegraph cable to create instant communication between two continents. Cyrus Field had a big dream to connect North America and the United Kingdom with a telegraph line, which would enable instant communication. In the mid-1800s, no one knew if it was possible. That didn't dissuade Cyrus, who set out to learn about undersea cables and built a network of influential people to raise money and create interest in his project. Cyrus experienced numerous setbacks: many years of delays and failed attempts, millions of dollars lost, suspected sabotage, technological problems, and more. But Cyrus did not give up and forged ahead, ultimately realizing his dream in the summer of 1866. Mary Morton Cowan brilliantly captures Cyrus's life and his steadfast determination to achieve his dream.

The Atlantic Telegraph

The Atlantic Telegraph PDF Author: Cyrus West FIELD
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cables, Submarine
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH

HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH PDF Author: HENRY M. FIELD
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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When the Medium Was the Mission

When the Medium Was the Mission PDF Author: Jenna Supp-Montgomerie
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479801526
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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**FINALIST, 2022 PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies** An innovative exploration of religion's influence on communication networks When Samuel Morse sent the words “what hath God wrought” from the US Supreme Court to Baltimore in mere minutes, it was the first public demonstration of words travelling faster than human beings and farther than a line of sight in the US. This strange confluence of media, religion, technology, and US nationhood lies at the foundation of global networks. The advent of a telegraph cable crossing the Atlantic Ocean was viewed much the way the internet is today, to herald a coming world-wide unification. President Buchanan declared that the Atlantic Telegraph would be “an instrument destined by divine providence to diffuse religion, civilization, liberty, and law throughout the world” through which “the nations of Christendom [would] spontaneously unite.” Evangelical Protestantism embraced the new technology as indicating God’s support for their work to Christianize the globe. Public figures in the US imagined this new communication technology in primarily religious terms as offering the means to unite the world and inspire peaceful relations among nations. Religious utopianists saw the telegraph as the dawn of a perfect future. Religious framing thus dominated the interpretation of the technology’s possibilities, forging an imaginary of networks as connective, so much so that connection is now fundamental to the idea of networks. In reality, however, networks are marked, at core, by disconnection. With lively historical sources and an accessible engagement with critical theory, When the Medium was the Mission tells the story of how connection was made into the fundamental promise of networks, illuminating the power of public Protestantism in the first network imaginaries, which continue to resonate today in false expectations of connection.

A Thread Across the Ocean

A Thread Across the Ocean PDF Author: John Steele Gordon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802713645
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Describes the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history.

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph PDF Author: Henry Martyn Field
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transatlantic cables
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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The Atlantic Telegraph [microform]

The Atlantic Telegraph [microform] PDF Author: William Howard 1820-1907 Russell
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014278357
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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The Story of the Atlantic Cable

The Story of the Atlantic Cable PDF Author: Sir Charles Bright
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
ISBN:
Category : Transatlantic cables
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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The Atlantic Telegraph

The Atlantic Telegraph PDF Author:
Publisher: London : Bacon
ISBN:
Category : Cables, Submarine
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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