• DocumentCode
    1279298
  • Title

    James Graves and the Valentia telegraph station

  • Author

    de Cogan, Donard

  • Author_Institution
    University of Nottingham, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nottingham, UK
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    7/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    523
  • Lastpage
    528
  • Abstract
    To many people today Valentia is little more than the name of a weather station quoted in shipping forecasts. Here, the writings of James Graves, Valentia´s first superintendent, are used to give some insight into life at the cable station in its early years and also to assess its importance in the development of transatlantic communication
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics and Power
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5127
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ep.1984.0282
  • Filename
    5187312