Excerpt from Submarine Telegraphs: Their History, Construction, and Working; Founded in Part on Wunschendorff's "Traite De Telegraphie Sous-Marine" And Compiled From Authoritative and Exclusive Sources Shortly before his death, the late Mr Willoughby Smith gave us an interesting narrative of his extensive experiences, under title The Rise and Extension of Submarine Telegraphy (london: I. S. Virtue and but this is more in the nature of an autobiography of that distinguished pioneer. Again, within the same month of the same year the late Mr Robert Sabine and Mr Edward Bright, brought out works on The Electric Telegraph, treating the subject in its more general sense - the work of the latter author being a revision of one of Dr Lardner's now classic volumes entitled The Museum of Science and Art. Both works are published from the same office as this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha, Helen Godfrey traces the connections between submarine telegraphy and the peoples of Singapore and Sarawak (Borneo) who supplied 'gutta percha', the latex used as insulation for the world’s undersea telegraph cables.