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Book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch  Baronet

Download or read book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch Baronet written by Sir Daniel Gooch and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch  Baronet

Download or read book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch Baronet written by Sir Daniel Gooch and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch  Baronet

Download or read book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch Baronet written by Daniel Gooch, Sir and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch  Baronet

Download or read book Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch Baronet written by Sir Daniel Gooch and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. THE ATLANTIC CABLE-LAYING EXPEDITION OF 1866. 1866.--The cable scheme occupied very much of my thoughts in the commencement of the year. All means of raising the capital by the Atlantic Company had failed, and I saw no hopes of doing anything through their powers. Mr. Cyrus Field came over from America to work at it, and came to my house late one Sunday night in despair. I then proposed to him that we should start a new company, under an agreement with the Atlantic to find the capital and lay the cables, paying them any profits we might get beyond a fixed amount. This scheme was at once acted upon, and the Anglo-American Company was formed in March 1866; but the difficulty was still to raise the 600,000 required. I proposed to our board at the Construction Company, that each director should put his name down for 10,000 on a sheet of paper at once, to show the public that we had confidence in our scheme. This made some long faces, but I began the list with my name, and nine others added theirs, so that we had 100,000 round the table. This good start had the required effect, and we succeeded in raising the capital, the Construction Company taking a good deal of it, and set to work in earnest to fit out the Great Eastern and complete the new cable. Great consideration and attention was given to the machinery for hauling in the cable. Nothing could work better than our payingout machinery had done; but we required entirely new machinery for hauling in, with good and powerful engines to work them. We also put one of these machines to work in connection with the paying-out gear, so that, in case of a fault showing itself, the cable could be at once hauled back, without cutting or disturbing it, from the paying-out...

Book The London Quarterly Review

Download or read book The London Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Square and the Tower

Download or read book The Square and the Tower written by Niall Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller. A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. “Captivating and compelling.” —The New York Times "Niall Ferguson has again written a brilliant book...In 400 pages you will have restocked your mind. Do it." —The Wall Street Journal “The Square and the Tower, in addition to being provocative history, may prove to be a bellwether work of the Internet Age.” —Christian Science Monitor Most history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states, armies and corporations. It's about orders from on high. Even history "from below" is often about trade unions and workers' parties. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the informal, less well documented social networks that are the true sources of power and drivers of change? The 21st century has been hailed as the Age of Networks. However, in The Square and the Tower, Niall Ferguson argues that networks have always been with us, from the structure of the brain to the food chain, from the family tree to freemasonry. Throughout history, hierarchies housed in high towers have claimed to rule, but often real power has resided in the networks in the town square below. For it is networks that tend to innovate. And it is through networks that revolutionary ideas can contagiously spread. Just because conspiracy theorists like to fantasize about such networks doesn't mean they are not real. From the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to Facebook, The Square and the Tower tells the story of the rise, fall and rise of networks, and shows how network theory--concepts such as clustering, degrees of separation, weak ties, contagions and phase transitions--can transform our understanding of both the past and the present. Just as The Ascent of Money put Wall Street into historical perspective, so The Square and the Tower does the same for Silicon Valley. And it offers a bold prediction about which hierarchies will withstand this latest wave of network disruption--and which will be toppled.

Book Memoirs   Diary

Download or read book Memoirs Diary written by Sir Daniel Gooch and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Engineer

Download or read book The Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book London Quarterly Review

Download or read book London Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Speaker

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  • Release : 1892
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 796 pages

Download or read book The Speaker written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office written by Great Britain. Patent Office. Library and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The London Quarterly   Holborn Review

Download or read book The London Quarterly Holborn Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Workshop of the World

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  • Author : Raphael Samuel
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2024-01-09
  • ISBN : 1804292826
  • Pages : 349 pages

Download or read book Workshop of the World written by Raphael Samuel and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING, ORIGINAL INTELLECTUALS OF HIS GENERATION', Stuart Hall, author of The Hard Road to Renewal The work of the pioneering historian Raphael Samuel opened up new vistas of historical enquiry. He was committed to the idea of people's history, in which he excavated the ordinary lives of those often overlooked or discarded by other writers. This 'unofficial knowledge' transformed what history was, who was allowed to do it, and who it was for. Workshop of the World brings the full range and depth of Samuel's historical writing on nineteenth-century Britain to the fore. From his pioneering study of the influence of the Catholic Church on England's Irish population to his expansive and erudite essay on the itinerant labourers of Victorian Britain, the collection captures both the breadth and depth of his learning. Guided by both a political engagement as well as a methodological commitment to uncovering the stories of ordinary people, Workshop of the World will help introduce Raphael Samuel's work to a new generation of readers.

Book Circuits in the Sea

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  • Author : Chester G. Hearn
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2004-08-30
  • ISBN : 0313013683
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Circuits in the Sea written by Chester G. Hearn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the scientific talent and technological prowess of two nations that joined forces to connect themselves with a communications cable that would change the world. In 1855 an American visionary named Cyrus West Field, who knew nothing about telegraphy, sought to establish a monopoly on telegraphic revenues between North America and Europe. Field and the wealthy New Yorkers who formed the first Atlantic cable-laying company never suspected that spanning the vast and stormy Atlantic would require 11 years of frustration and horrific financial sacrifice. The enterprise would eventually engage some of the most brilliant minds in England, Scotland, and the United States, attracting men of science, men of wealth, and men of curiosity. Message time would be cut from more than four weeks to about two minutes. Such a feat would not have been possible without the massive ship the Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Britain's foremost engineer, or the financial backing of Thomas Brassey, the era's greatest builder of railroads. Despite four failed attempts and the enmity that developed between the Union and Great Britain during America's Civil War, Field never stopped urging his British friends to perfect a cable that could function in water as deep as two and a half miles. Without the unified effort of this small cadre of determined engineers, decades may have passed before submarine cables became reliable. This is the story of these men, their ships, and the technology that made it all possible. Behind the scenes were tough and worthy competitors who tried to beat them to the punch, adding a sense of urgency to their monumental task. Some called the Atlantic cable the greatest feat of the 19th century—with good reason. It perfected transoceanic communications and connected the world with circuits in the sea.

Book Victorian Telegraphy Before Nationalization

Download or read book Victorian Telegraphy Before Nationalization written by Simone Fari and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study offers an analysis of the technological and entrepreneurial features of the Victorian telegraph service, together with the companies which ran it until nationalization in 1869. It shows a historical reconstruction mainly based on original and unedited documents belonging to a variety of archives.

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office  Authors  1898

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office Authors 1898 written by Great Britain. Patent Office. Library and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: