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1816 Birth of Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse in Melksham, Wiltshire.
1. ‘History of the Atlantic Telegraph’ by H. M. Field 2. ‘Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse’ by Bill Burns https://atlantic-cable.com/ Books/Whitehouse/eoww. htm#gsc.tab=0 3. ‘Wildman Whitehouse’s
1842 Professor Morse first publishes the idea of a trans-Atlantic cable.
1848 Discovery and
1850 The first submarine cable was laid.
Telegraph Patents’ by Steven Roberts https://atlantic-cable.com/ Books/Whitehouse/Patents/ index.htm
application of gutta- percha for use with submarine telegraph cables.
Whitehouse begins his electrical experimentations.
4. ‘Wildman Whitehouse’s Patents’ compiled by Steven Roberts and Allan Green
Whitehouse’s first patent is filed, ‘Improvements in effecting Telegraphic Communications.’ 1853 Whitehouse gives his first report to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 1855 Initial attempts to lay the trans-Atlantic cable; technological and environmental challenges encountered. 1857
Whitehouse met Charles Bright while Bright worked for the Magnetic Telegraph Company. 1854
https://atlantic-cable.com/ Books/Whitehouse/Patents/ index.htm
5. ‘Scientists, engineers and Wildman Whitehouse:
measurement and credibility in early cable telegraphy’ by Bruce J. Hunt https://atlantic-cable.com/ Books/Whitehouse/BJH/index. htm#gsc.tab=0 6. Papers Presented at the British Association for the Advancement of Science of 1858 by Wildman Whitehouse https://atlantic-cable.com/ Books/Whitehouse/BA1858/ index.htm#gsc.tab=0
1856
The Atlantic Telegraph Company is formed.
Extensive testing on long-distance telegraph lines, preparing for the trans-Atlantic challenge.
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