The Story of the Telegraph in IndiaE. & F. N. Spon, 1866 - 86 sider |
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... position is improving . First of all it is stated that on long single lines insulation is unnecessary ; then comes the assertion that even on multiple lines it can be dispensed with , water being an insulator ; then it is magnanimously ...
... position is improving . First of all it is stated that on long single lines insulation is unnecessary ; then comes the assertion that even on multiple lines it can be dispensed with , water being an insulator ; then it is magnanimously ...
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... position , has again and again hushed the increasing tumult by numerous promises of reform and amendment , blandished by a few messages like the late Bhootan telegram , or the still more recent one about the Finance Minister's budget ...
... position , has again and again hushed the increasing tumult by numerous promises of reform and amendment , blandished by a few messages like the late Bhootan telegram , or the still more recent one about the Finance Minister's budget ...
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... position once more be- came intolerable , and in 1861 the Government had again to interfere . A commission was appointed to in- vestigate the matter , and their report was forwarded to the Director - General of Telegraphs , who replied ...
... position once more be- came intolerable , and in 1861 the Government had again to interfere . A commission was appointed to in- vestigate the matter , and their report was forwarded to the Director - General of Telegraphs , who replied ...
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... position . The result has been , that not only have they made and maintained their position , but they have far outdistanced their rivals , and enjoyed a prosperity they never knew before . The anticipated evil which frightened them at ...
... position . The result has been , that not only have they made and maintained their position , but they have far outdistanced their rivals , and enjoyed a prosperity they never knew before . The anticipated evil which frightened them at ...
Side 43
... position , their extensive and valuable mercantile and commercial connexions confident that no one could excel , though they might equal , them , they could afford to repose quietly , and treat with indifference the attempts of those ...
... position , their extensive and valuable mercantile and commercial connexions confident that no one could excel , though they might equal , them , they could afford to repose quietly , and treat with indifference the attempts of those ...
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