The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

Name: The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
Author: Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

Transatlantic cables

CHAPTER IV.                                                      Page 38

     The Land-Line in Newfoundland. Four Hundred Miles of Road
     to be built, a Work of Two Years. Attempt to lay a Cable
     across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in 1855, fails. A Second
     Attempt, in 1856, is successful

CHAPTER V.                                                       Page 51

     Deep-Sea Soundings by Lieutenant Berryman in the Dolphin in
     1853, and the Arctic in 1856, and by Commander Dayman, of
     the British Navy, in the Cyclops, in 1857. The Bed of the
     Atlantic. The Telegraphic Plateau

CHAPTER VI.                                                      Page 69

     Mr. Field in London. The English Engineers and
     Electricians. Result of Experiments. The Atlantic Telegraph
     Company organized. Applies to the Government for Aid.
     Contract for a Cable

CHAPTER VII.                                                     Page 91

     Mr. Field returns to America. Seeks Aid from the
     Government. Opposition in Congress. Bill passed

CHAPTER VIII.                                                   Page 112

     Return to England. The Niagara--Captain Hudson. The
     Agamemnon. Expedition of 1857 sails from Ireland. Speech of
     the Earl of Carlisle. The Cable broken

CHAPTER IX.                                                     Page 142

     Preparations for an Expedition in 1858. Mr. Field is made
     the General Manager of the Company. The Squadron assemble
     at Plymouth, and put to Sea, June 10. New Method of laying
     Cable, beginning in Mid-Ocean. The Agamemnon in Danger of
     being Foundered. The Cable lost Three Times. The Ships
     return to England. Meeting of the Directors. Shall they
     abandon the Project? One Last Effort

CHAPTER X.                                                      Page 165

     Second Expedition Successful. Cable landed in Ireland and
     Newfoundland

CHAPTER XI.                                                     Page 188

     Great Excitement in America. Celebration in New York and
     other Cities

CHAPTER XII.                                                    Page 213

     Sudden Stoppage of the Cable. Reaction of Public Feeling.
     Suspicions of Bad Faith. Did the Cable ever work?

CHAPTER XIII.                                                   Page 229

     Attempts to revive the Company. The Government asked for
     Aid, but declines to give an Unconditional Guarantee.
     Failure of the Red Sea Telegraph. Scientific Experiments.
     Cables laid in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.
     Brief History of the next Five Years

CHAPTER XIV.                                                    Page 241

     The Enterprise renewed. Improvement on the Old Cable. The
     Great Eastern and Captain Anderson. Expedition of 1865.
     Twelve Hundred Miles laid safely, when the Cable is broken

CHAPTER XV.                                                     Page 293

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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

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