Imperial Science: Cable Telegraphy and Electrical Physics in the Victorian British Empire
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Imperial Science

Cable Telegraphy and Electrical Physics in the Victorian British Empire

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Bruce J Hunt
Bruce J Hunt
2021 • 321 pages

Explores how Britain's global cable network became both the 'nervous system' of its Empire and the key to electrical physics.

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Science in History

Science in History is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Edward J. Gillin, Crosbie Smith, and Bruce J Hunt.

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