Victorian Telegraphy Before Nationalization

Contents <BR>1. The Origins Of The Telegraph Service<BR>1.1. The Heroic Years<BR>1.2. Experiments Along The Railroads <BR>1.2.1. The London & Birmingham Railroad Company<BR>1.2.2. The Great Western Railway Company<BR>1.2.3. The Electric Telegraph Company<BR>1.3. The Dynamics Of The Electric <BR>1.3.1. Ties With The Past <BR>1.3.2. The Venture <BR>2. Constitutive Choices <BR>2.1. 'Ne Tentes Aut Perfice' <BR>2.2. The Optic V. The Electric Telegraph<BR>2.3. The Pneumatic V. The Electric Telegraph<BR>2.4. Gas Tubes And Electric Cables<BR>2.5. The Penny Post<BR>2.6. Railway And Telegraph <BR>3. From Monopoly To Competition <BR>3.1. The Electric Against All<BR>3.2. The British: Litigation And Marketing <BR>3.3. The Magnetic: Low Profile But High Technology<BR>3.4. The Submarine And The European: Competition At Sea <BR>3.5. The First Mover Supreme <BR>3.6. The Effects Of The Constitutive Choices <BR>4. The Duopoly<BR>4.1. The Turning Point<BR>4.2. The Electric's New Majority<BR>4.3. The British/Magnetic Merger <BR>4.4. The Consolidation Of The Duopoly <BR>5. The Triumph Of The Oligopoly <BR>5.1. Challenging The Duopoly<BR>5.2. The Consolidation Of The Oligopoly<BR>5.3. Submarine Telegraphy <BR>6. Nationalization <BR>6.1. Plans And Inquiries<BR>6.2. Against Nationalization<BR>6.3. The 1868 Telegraph Act<BR>6.4. The 1869 Telegraph Act <BR>6.5. The Reasons For Nationalization <BR>6.6. A New Turning Point