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
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