Telcon Story, 1850-1950
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- Author(s) Lawford, G L, & L R Nicholson
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1950
- Pages 176pp; illus
- Publisher The firm
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Centenary history written by staff members. Covers, inter alia, cable developments; cable ships; Selborne Plantation Co Ltd, Malaysia rubber plantation subsidiary; types of modern cable manufactured. Chapters include: 'Wharf Road'; 'A message to Louis Napoleon - the 1850 submarine cable'; 'Triumphant cannon - the first successful cable'; 'Trial and error - the first Atlantic cable'; 'Heart's content - the Atlantic cables of 1865-66'; 'Discoveries and developments'; 'Cable ships and Paddington'; 'Loaded cores'; 'Balata'; 'The great decision - new activities'; 'The company's capital'; 'Selborne Plantation'; 'Submarine telephone cables'; 'Metals'; 'Power cables'; 'High frequency cables'; 'Plastic products'. As an appendix includes 'A ... [schedule describing] some of the most important cables made by the company', 1850-1950' [pp174-5]