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3 unusual facts about Charles Tilston Bright


Charles Bright

Charles Tilston Bright (1832–1888), a British electrical engineer who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable

Charles Tilston Bright

Joining with Cyrus West Field and J. W. Brett, who controlled the Newfoundland Telegraph Company, Bright helped organize the Atlantic Telegraph Company in 1856 to develop a transatlantic cable, with himself as engineer-in-chief; Wildman Whitehouse soon joined them as chief electrician.

Bright formed a partnership with Josiah Latimer Clark in 1861 and together they introduced numerous improvements in the manufacture, testing, and operation of submarine cables.



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