The Atlantic Telegraph, [1866], Illustrations: color lithography, Overall: 11 5/8 x 8 9/16 x 15/16 in. (29. 5 x 21. 7 x 2. 4 cm), Books, This book documents the great 19th century technological achievement of laying a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic to allow messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than the ten or twelve days it took to cross the ocean by steamer