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Book/Printed Material The laying of the cable, or the ocean telegraph; being a complete and authentic narrative of the attempt to lay the cable across the entrance to the gulf of St. Lawrence in 1855, and of the three Atlantic telegraph expeditions of 1857 and 1858: with a detailed account of the mechanical ad scientific part of the work, as well as biographical sketches of Messrs. Cyrus W. Field, William E. Everett, and other prominent persons connected with the enterprise ...

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  • The laying of the cable, or the ocean telegraph; being a complete and authentic narrative of the attempt to lay the cable across the entrance to the gulf of St. Lawrence in 1855, and of the three Atlantic telegraph expeditions of 1857 and 1858: with a detailed account of the mechanical ad scientific part of the work, as well as biographical sketches of Messrs. Cyrus W. Field, William E. Everett, and other prominent persons connected with the enterprise ...

Names

  • Mullaly, John.
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York, D. Appleton and company, 1858.

Headings

  • -  Transatlantic cables

Notes

  • -  LAC ael 2021-02-05 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 p.l., [7]-329 p. illus. (incl. ports.) 5 pl. (partly fold.) 2 fold. maps (incl. front.) 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TK5625 .M95

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 08003682

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Mullaly, John, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. The laying of the cable, or the ocean telegraph; being a complete and authentic narrative of the attempt to lay the cable across the entrance to the gulf of St. Lawrence in , and of the three Atlantic telegraph expeditions of 1857 and 1858: with a detailed account of the mechanical ad scientific part of the work, as well as biographical sketches of Messrs. Cyrus W. Field, William E. Everett, and other prominent persons connected with the enterprise. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1858.

APA citation style:

Mullaly, J. & Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. (1858) The laying of the cable, or the ocean telegraph; being a complete and authentic narrative of the attempt to lay the cable across the entrance to the gulf of St. Lawrence in , and of the three Atlantic telegraph expeditions of 1857 and 1858: with a detailed account of the mechanical ad scientific part of the work, as well as biographical sketches of Messrs. Cyrus W. Field, William E. Everett, and other prominent persons connected with the enterprise. New York, D. Appleton and company.

MLA citation style:

Mullaly, John, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. The laying of the cable, or the ocean telegraph; being a complete and authentic narrative of the attempt to lay the cable across the entrance to the gulf of St. Lawrence in , and of the three Atlantic telegraph expeditions of 1857 and 1858: with a detailed account of the mechanical ad scientific part of the work, as well as biographical sketches of Messrs. Cyrus W. Field, William E. Everett, and other prominent persons connected with the enterprise. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1858.