[COMPLETE]The Story of The Atlantic Cable, by C. Bright - tg

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The Story of The Atlantic Cable by Sir Charles Bright (1863 - 1937).

This project is complete! All files can be found on our catalog page here: http://librivox.org/the-story-of-the-atlantic-cable-by-sir-charles-bright/

The electric telegraph, together with the railway-train and the steamship, constituted the three most conspicuous features of late 19th century civilization. Indeed, it may be truly said that the harnessing electricity to the service of man for human communication has effected a change in political, commercial, and social relations, even more complete than that wrought by steam locomotion. This is the story of how the electric telegraph cable was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland. ( modified from the introduction)
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Post by commonsparrow3 »

Ooh! Ooh! May I claim the first two sections!
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Post by TriciaG »

But of course! 8-)
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Post by HZFerr »

May I DPL without mw? :D
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What do you mean, "without mw"? :)
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Post by Availle »

Cool! Even though I know that "today" has been a while, could I read the final section please? :D
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Yes, you may! :)
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Post by BettyB »

may I claim 17-18.

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You bet!
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Post by HZFerr »

I would do all the DPL but I can not work the MW. I would just post my findings here. :D
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Post by realisticspeakers »

Hi. May I read 4, 5, and 6, please?
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Helen - Oh, I understand now. :) Sure! You're in as DPL without the MW. 8-)

RS - You've got 4-6!
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Moving to Readers Wanted...
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Post by HZFerr »

DPL :D

I learned how to post in the MW. :clap:
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Yay! :clap:
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