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Gutta Percha Company, Canterbury, 1845-1864
When the first samples of gutta percha arrived in England from Malaya, the use of the substance as an electrical insulator was one of the applications investigated. The Gutta Percha Company was formed in 1845 and developed a technique for applying gutta percha to wires as insulation. This lead to their main business of producing cores for submarine telegraph cables. In 1864 the Gutta Percha Company merged with Glass, Elliot, and Company to form the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd.
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, 1857-1858
Section of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857-1858. The first attempt to lay a trans-Atlantic submarine telegraph cable took place in 1857 but ...
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Ireland & Newfoundland, 1857
Section of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857/58. The first attempt to lay a trans-Atlantic submarine telegraph cable took place in 1857 but f ...
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, First Atlantic, Candlestick, 1857-1858
Sample of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857-1858. Fittings at each end of the sample allow it to be used as a candlestick. The first attempt t ...
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Cable Samples - Submarine Telegraph, Red Sea & India, 1858
Samples from Red Sea to India submarine telegraph cable of 1858/59. In 1858 the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company was formed to connect India to London, a concession having been obta ...
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