Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Museum of Science and Art, 1854, Vol. 4
Chap. XV. - 287. Telegraphic lines in British America. 288. Belgian lines. - 289. Their extent and cost.-290. Correspondence transmitted on them. - 291. Large proportion of foreign dispatches. - 292. Classification and proportion of dispatches - 293. Tariff. -294. Paris telegraphic congress and convention. - 295. Tele graphic instruments used in Belgium. - 296. Language of dis patches. - 297. French telegraphic lines - 298. Instruments used on than - 299. Their connection with those of other states. - 300. Repetition necessary at intermediate stations - 301. Case of dispatches between France and England - 302. Advantages of increased number of wires - 303. Of instruments requiring only one wire. - 304. Organisation of the French telegraphic adminis tration.-305. Austro-germanic Union. - 306. Stations and tariff - 307. Netherlands telegraphic lines - 308. Swiss tele graphic lines. - 309. Italian telegraphic lines.
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