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The Victorian Internet: Book Review

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

In “The Victorian Internet”, Tom Standage relates to the reader the trials and tribulations that the pioneer inventors of the 19th century went through in developing the telegraph. Not only did the inventors have to invent a successful, working telegraph but they also had to gain the approval of the public and those in charge of funding and using the invention for the betterment of society. Stan...


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