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A retrospective technology assessment : submarine telegraphy : the transatlantic cable of 1866 / prepared by the George Washington University Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology ; Vary T. Coates and Bernard Finn ; co-principal investigators, Thomas Jaras, Henry Hitchcock, Robert Anthony.
Record no.:
5607
Author:
Coates, Vary T.;
Finn, Bernard S., 1932-;
Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology.;
Publisher:
San Francisco, Calif. :: San Francisco Press,
Year:
1979.
Description:
xv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject:
Transatlantic cables - History.;
Notes:
Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Includes bibliographical references.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0911302395 9780911302394;
Abstract:
The story of the cable -- Challenge and response -- Submarine telegraphy changed the world -- Hopes and expectations -- The cable industry after 1866 -- Lessons learned from a retrospective technology assessment.
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