The Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil Engineer 2 Volume Set: With Which is Incorporated the Story of the Atlantic Cable, and the First Telegraph to India and the Colonies

Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. Family memoirs; 2. Boyhood; 3. Land telegraphs; 4. The cable to Ireland; 5. The Atlantic cable; Appendices; Index. Volume 2: 1. The Mediterranean cables; 2. 1860-3; 3. The telegraph to India; 4. The Greenwich election; 5. 1865-99; 6. West India cables; 7. 1873-4; 8. Land telegraphs; 9. Mining; 10. The fire alarm; 11. Telephony; 12. Electric lighting; 13. Railways; 14. Various evidence and reports; 15. The Paris Exhibition; 16. The Institute of Electrical Engineers; 17. Colleagues and pupils; 18. Volunteering; 19. Freemasonry; 20. The Needlemakers Company; 21. Home life and recreations; 22. Death and funeral; 23. Summary; Appendices; Index.