Fig. 92. BRETT'S PRINTING TELEGRAPH. 



THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



Electric Telegraph Company's present tariff (continued). 276. Magnetic 

 Telegraph Company. 277. Chartered Submarine Company. 278. The 

 Submarine Telegraph Company, between France and England. 279. 

 European and American Telegraph Company. 280. Origin of the 

 submarine companies' enterprises. 281. Wonderful celerity of inter- 

 national correspondence. 282. Organisation of electric communications 

 with the Continent. 283. Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Company. 

 284. General table showing the places on the continent of Europe, 

 which are in electric connection with each other, and with England, and 

 the cost of despatches sent between them severally and London. 

 285. Telegraphic lines in the United States. 286. Vast projects in 

 progress or contemplation. 



ACCORDING to the half yearly balance sheet of the company it 

 appears that in the six months ending December 31, 1853, tho 

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