Fionnáin started reading The Atlantic telegraph (1865) by Sir William Howard Russell
(from The Met):
This book documents the great 19th century technological achievement of laying …
I'm doing an art project about the transatlantic cable. Somewhere in my research I came across this book, written in 1865 and documenting the cable's development. A reissue from the 1970s was available in the library so I picked this up.