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THE PACIFIC CABLE . 1. Report of the Pacific Cable Committee . ( C. 9247 of 1899. ) 2. Further correspondence relating to the proposed construction of a cable across the Pacific Ocean . ( Cd . 46 , 1900. ) 3. Pacific Cable Act , 1901.
THE PACIFIC CABLE . 1. Report of the Pacific Cable Committee . ( C. 9247 of 1899. ) 2. Further correspondence relating to the proposed construction of a cable across the Pacific Ocean . ( Cd . 46 , 1900. ) 3. Pacific Cable Act , 1901.
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It had always been the intention to duplicate the cable . Though there was no sign that the existing cable was getting worn out , and though the only interruption in its history was not due to any inherent fault but the act of the ...
It had always been the intention to duplicate the cable . Though there was no sign that the existing cable was getting worn out , and though the only interruption in its history was not due to any inherent fault but the act of the ...
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In addition to the old cable , which had served them so well , they had the most effective and expeditious cable yet laid . The Canadian Beam , which had been working since October 1926 , was giving ( as its rates were no lower ...
In addition to the old cable , which had served them so well , they had the most effective and expeditious cable yet laid . The Canadian Beam , which had been working since October 1926 , was giving ( as its rates were no lower ...
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THE KAISER AFTER TWENTYFIVE YEARS | 1 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 253 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1929 |
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