Lightning beneath the sea
Subtitle: the story of the Atlantic cable
By: by Samuel Carter III
Series: Paths of progress
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Transatlantic cables; Juvenile literature; Telegraph cables
Description: Traces the history of the first transatlantic cable from its conception in 1854 through many frustrating failures to final success in 1866.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 155-157.