History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
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On December 10th 1894 Henry Ash registered at Stationers’ Hall in London the copyright on a small book (8.25" x 4.25") titled “Souvenir of the 1894 Mackay Bennett Atlantic Cable, Laid by Messrs. Siemens Brothers Co. for the Commercial Cable Company”. The registration certificate (dated 14 December 1894) and a cover for this book are in the collection of the Library and Archives Canada. The book is a collection of 29 of Ash’s sketches recording the events and scenes of the cable expedition, the originals of which are shown on this page. As of August 2018, a copy of the book is also in the Atlantic Cable website collection.
The registration certificate notes that: “One copy of each publication should be forwarded forthwith to the British Museum; and four copies delivered here for the Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Dublin Libraries.” However, the book is not listed in the catalogues of any of those institutions.
The detailed copyright deposit record from the books of Stationers’ Hall, now held by the UK National Archives at Kew, shows that the book was published by Ede, Dearberg & Co., 40 Queen Street, Cheapside, London E.C. Henry Morris Ash’s address was given as 12 Queen Anne’s Gate, Westminster. The record number is 13892, dated Dec 14 1894. These images show the cover of the copy of the book in the Atlantic Cable website archive and the inscription on the inside of the cover.
Another copy of the book is reported to have 30 images, as compared with the 29 in the Atlantic Cable copy. Of the 28 sketches from 1894 one is not reproduced in this copy, so that image may be missing. |
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Last revised: 21 May, 2020 |
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