Hi Dan, Thought others might be interested, too.
>> I'm reading the history of the first Atlantic telegraph cable. >> Great story full of details like Kelvin's invention of the >> precision galvanometer > > Which book is this? Sounds quite interesting. "A Thread Across the Ocean" by John Steele Gordon. You might also take a look at Neal Stephenson's excellent article in the December 1996 Wired (http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ ffglass_pr.html). Wired did have a few - very few - good stories over the years - for instance, liked the article comparing container shipping to a packet switching network (might have been October 1999). And there was an excellent little exhibit on submarine cables at the Smithsonian a half dozen years ago. A marvelous use of technology. A grand vision at the time - and it still remains. The latency and limited capacity of communications satellites likely ensures that. Rob Seaman National Optical Astronomy Observatory _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts