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Messages under the Sea

The Romance of Cornish Cable Communications

by J.E.Packer F.R.G.S.
 
Preface


Beginnings


Song of the Sea and Diamond Horse


Slave-chasing to seasickness, in the service of telegraph


Porthcurno - Nerve Centre of Empire


The Old "PQ"


The 'Eavesdroppers' at Wireless Point


Gutta-percha and Sharks Teeth - hazards of the deep


On Watch at Porthcurno Cable Office



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