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The laying of the cable---John, and Jonathan joining hands,' 1858, celebrates the successful completion of the first Atlantic telegraph cable in August 1858. Unhappily, the cable failed after transmitting only 732 telegraphic messages because high-voltage damaged the cables insulation. It took 5 years to finance the second cable, this one redesigned and twice as heavy as the first
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1858 AD (C19th AD)
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The laying of the cable---John, and Jonathan joining hands,' 1858, celebrates the successful completion of the first Atlantic telegraph cable in August 1858. Unhappily, the cable failed after transmitting only 732 telegraphic messages because high-voltage damaged the cables insulation. It took 5 years to finance the second cable, this one redesigned and twice as heavy as the first (BSLOC_2019_8_149)

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19th century / North America / America (continent) / friendship / art / communication / colour / USA / United Kingdom / Europe / history / engineering / invention / Atlantic ocean / Uncle Sam / peace / painting / progress / technology / telegraph / black and white / watercolour / artwork

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